The Kite Runner Quizzes

The Kite Runner Quiz 1

1 From what year does Amir narrate the story?
2007.

1996.

1975.

2002.
2 What does Rahim Khan say to Amir over the phone?
"Let's go fly a kite."

"The harelipped kite runner."

"There is a way to be good again."

"For you, a thousand times over."
3 Which of the following did Baba NOT do?
Throw frequent dinner parties.

Miss Hassan's birthday.

Neglect Amir.

Build an orphanage.
4 How did Amir's mother die?
Of cancer.

The Taliban shot her.

Peacefully, in her sleep.

In childbirth.
5 What was Amir's mother's name?
Sasa

Sofia

Sohrab

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

Physician.

Teacher.

Novelist.
7 What key concept distinguishes Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
Caliphate.

Mosques.

Praying towards Mecca.

Muhammad.
8 According to Ali, why did Amir and Hassan have a special kinship?
They were the city's champion kite fighters.

They were half-brothers.

They both loved the story of Sohrab and Rostam.

They were nursed by the same woman.
9 How were Amir and Hassan really related?
They were half-brothers.

They were both Baba's servants.

They were kite fighting opponents.

They were schoolmates.
10 How did Sanaubar treat Hassan when he was born?
She rejected him.

She read him poems.

She told him stories.

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

Cousins and fellow professors.

Spouses.

Cousins and Spouses.
12 The term "Hazara" describes whom of the following?
Rahim Khan.

Baba.

Assef.

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

A Hazara.

A harelipped kite runner.

A sociopath.
14 What was Amir's first word?
"Baba."

"Hassan."

"Amir."

"Sasa."
15 What was Hassan's first word?
"Book."

"Ali."

"Amir."

"Kite."
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 cleft lip.

A pomegranate.
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 crazy.

He thinks they should die.

He thinks they are gods.

He does not care one way or the other.
20 According to Baba, what is the greatest sin?
Drinking.

Cheating.

Stealing.

Lying.
21 For what did Amir feel Baba blamed him?
The corn dying.

Assef's bad behavior.

Hassan's illiteracy.

His mother's death.
22 As a child, Amir was talented at what?
Reciting poetry.

Buzkashi.

Fighting.

Soccer.
23 Whom did Baba see in the bleachers at the Buzkashi game?
Zahir Shah.

Henry Kissinger.

Mohammad Daoud.

Ronald Reagan.
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."
Rahim Khan.

Hassan.

Baba.

Ali.
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.