The Kite Runner Quizzes

The Kite Runner Quiz 1

1 From what year does Amir narrate the story?
1975.

1996.

2007.

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

"For you, a thousand times over."

"There is a way to be good again."

"The harelipped kite runner."
3 Which of the following did Baba NOT do?
Miss Hassan's birthday.

Build an orphanage.

Throw frequent dinner parties.

Neglect Amir.
4 How did Amir's mother die?
Peacefully, in her sleep.

The Taliban shot her.

In childbirth.

Of cancer.
5 What was Amir's mother's name?
Sohrab

Sanaubar

Sasa

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

Novelist.

Teacher.

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

Praying towards Mecca.

Muhammad.

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

They were nursed by the same woman.

They were half-brothers.

They both loved the story of Sohrab and Rostam.
9 How were Amir and Hassan really related?
They were both Baba's servants.

They were kite fighting opponents.

They were half-brothers.

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

She mourned for him.

She told him stories.

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

Spouses.

Cousins and Spouses.

Cousins and fellow professors.
12 The term "Hazara" describes whom of the following?
Ali.

Baba.

Assef.

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

A sociopath.

A Hazara.

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

"Baba."

"Hassan."

"Amir."
15 What was Hassan's first word?
"Ali."

"Amir."

"Kite."

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

He secretly read a book.

Assef told him.

A mullah told him.
17 What is another term for a harelip?
A mule's lip.

A cleft lip.

A warrior.

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

Wrestled a bear.

Married twice.

Slept with Sanaubar.
19 What is Baba's opinion of the fundamentally religious?
He thinks they are crazy.

He thinks they are gods.

He does not care one way or the other.

He thinks they should die.
20 According to Baba, what is the greatest sin?
Lying.

Drinking.

Cheating.

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

Hassan's illiteracy.

His mother's death.

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

Reciting poetry.

Buzkashi.

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

Mohammad Daoud.

Henry Kissinger.

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."
Ali.

Baba.

Rahim Khan.

Hassan.
25 How did Ali become an orphan?
His parents died in an accident.

The Taliban killed his parents.

His parents committed suicide.

Al Qaeda killed his parents.