The Kite Runner Quizzes

The Kite Runner Quiz 1

1 From what year does Amir narrate the story?
1996.

2007.

2002.

1975.
2 What does Rahim Khan say to Amir over the phone?
"There is a way to be good again."

"The harelipped kite runner."

"Let's go fly a kite."

"For you, a thousand times over."
3 Which of the following did Baba NOT do?
Neglect Amir.

Throw frequent dinner parties.

Build an orphanage.

Miss Hassan's birthday.
4 How did Amir's mother die?
Peacefully, in her sleep.

In childbirth.

Of cancer.

The Taliban shot her.
5 What was Amir's mother's name?
Sasa

Sohrab

Sanaubar

Sofia
6 What was Amir's mother's profession?
Servant.

Physician.

Novelist.

Teacher.
7 What key concept distinguishes Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
Mosques.

Praying towards Mecca.

Muhammad.

Caliphate.
8 According to Ali, why did Amir and Hassan have a special kinship?
They were half-brothers.

They were nursed by the same woman.

They were the city's champion kite fighters.

They both loved the story of Sohrab and Rostam.
9 How were Amir and Hassan really related?
They were schoolmates.

They were kite fighting opponents.

They were both Baba's servants.

They were half-brothers.
10 How did Sanaubar treat Hassan when he was born?
She told him stories.

She rejected him.

She read him poems.

She mourned for him.
11 How were Ali and Sanaubar related?
Cousins and fellow professors.

Spouses.

Cousins and Spouses.

Cousins.
12 The term "Hazara" describes whom of the following?
Baba.

Assef.

Rahim Khan.

Ali.
13 What does Amir call Assef in retrospect?
A Hazara.

A true Afghan.

A sociopath.

A harelipped kite runner.
14 What was Amir's first word?
"Baba."

"Amir."

"Sasa."

"Hassan."
15 What was Hassan's first word?
"Kite."

"Ali."

"Amir."

"Book."
16 How did Amir learn about Hazara history?
Assef told him.

He secretly read a book.

Baba told him.

A mullah told him.
17 What is another term for a harelip?
A warrior.

A mule's lip.

A pomegranate.

A cleft lip.
18 Baba was rumored to have done what?
Built a school.

Slept with Sanaubar.

Wrestled a bear.

Married twice.
19 What is Baba's opinion of the fundamentally religious?
He thinks they are gods.

He thinks they should die.

He does not care one way or the other.

He thinks they are crazy.
20 According to Baba, what is the greatest sin?
Drinking.

Lying.

Stealing.

Cheating.
21 For what did Amir feel Baba blamed him?
His mother's death.

Hassan's illiteracy.

The corn dying.

Assef's bad behavior.
22 As a child, Amir was talented at what?
Soccer.

Fighting.

Reciting poetry.

Buzkashi.
23 Whom did Baba see in the bleachers at the Buzkashi game?
Henry Kissinger.

Ronald Reagan.

Mohammad Daoud.

Zahir Shah.
24 Who said, "If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son."
Hassan.

Baba.

Ali.

Rahim Khan.
25 How did Ali become an orphan?
The Taliban killed his parents.

Al Qaeda killed his parents.

His parents committed suicide.

His parents died in an accident.