Kite Runner Quiz

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A quiz to revise character and plot details of the novel Kite Runner
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Question 1

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in which Afghan city do Amir and Hassan grow up?
Answer
  • Kabul
  • Hazarajat
  • Peshawar
  • Bamiyan

Question 2

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What is the first word spoken by Hassan?
Answer
  • Baba
  • Ali
  • Amir
  • Allah

Question 3

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What is Hassan's mother called?
Answer
  • Sanaubar
  • Soraya
  • Jamila
  • Sofia

Question 4

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How are Ali and Sanaubar related? Check all boxes that apply.
Answer
  • Married
  • Cousins
  • Brother and sister
  • Father and daughter

Question 5

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How did Ali become an orphan?
Answer
  • The Taliban killed his parents
  • His parents died in a car accident
  • His parents committed suicide
  • His parents died when a land mine exploded

Question 6

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What was Amir's mother called?
Answer
  • Sofia Akrami
  • Jamila Taheri
  • Soraya Taheri
  • Samia Ghadi

Question 7

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What was Amir's mother's profession?
Answer
  • Doctor
  • Teacher
  • Servant
  • Writer

Question 8

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How did Amir learn about the true history of the Hazara people?
Answer
  • Assef told him
  • He secretly read a book
  • Baba told him
  • A mullah told him

Question 9

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To Baba, all sins are a variation of what sin?
Answer
  • Theft
  • Murder
  • Dishonesty
  • Dishonour

Question 10

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What are the names of the characters in Hassan's favourite story in the 'Shanamah'? Tick all boxes that apply.
Answer
  • Sohrab
  • Rostam
  • Rumi
  • Hafez

Question 11

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What does Amir claim that winning the kite tournament will mean that Baba will finally forgive him for?
Answer
  • Killing his mother
  • Betraying Hassan
  • Not being good at sports
  • Allowing other children to bully him

Question 12

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What memories come to Amir after the Kite tournament? Tick all possible answers.
Answer
  • A fortune teller telling his and Hassan's fortunes
  • Sacrificing a sheep for Eid
  • Ali saying that there is a brotherhood between them
  • He and Hassan visiting Gharga Lake

Question 13

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In chapter 8 why does Baba get angry at Amir?
Answer
  • He asks if they can get new servants.
  • He loses the kite tournament.
  • He breaks his mother's vase.
  • He steals something.

Question 14

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Why do Hassan and Ali leave?
Answer
  • Ali cannot trust Amir
  • Hassan stole some money
  • Baba cannot trust Hassan
  • Baba wants new servants

Question 15

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Who dies in the gas tanker on the trip to Pakistan?
Answer
  • Wali
  • Kamal
  • Assef
  • Hassan

Question 16

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Where do Baba and Amir go to live in America?
Answer
  • San Francisco
  • Los Angeles
  • Dallas
  • New York

Question 17

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What are Soraya's parents' first names. Tick both that apply.
Answer
  • Jamila
  • Iqbal
  • Homoyoun
  • Farid

Question 18

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What career does Soraya want to follow?
Answer
  • Law
  • Medicine
  • Writing
  • Teaching

Question 19

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What is it that Rahim Kahn says to Amir to make him come to Pakistan?
Answer
  • For you a thousand times over
  • There is a way to be good again
  • There is only one sin: the sin of theft
  • It is a matter of nang and namoos

Question 20

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What does 'inshallah' mean in English?
Answer
  • God willing
  • God is great
  • It's a greeting
  • Homeland

Question 21

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Who would use Agha when speaking most other people in the novel? Tick all names that apply
Answer
  • Baba
  • Rahim Khan
  • Ali
  • Hassan

Question 22

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What does Roussi refer to?
Answer
  • The Taliban
  • The Russians
  • The mullahs
  • The Hazaras

Question 23

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What does Watan mean in English?
Answer
  • Homeland
  • Faith
  • Love
  • Dirty

Question 24

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What does 'tashakor' mean in English?
Answer
  • Happiness
  • God's will
  • Hello
  • Thank you

Question 25

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Who in the novel is referred to as 'Babalu'?
Answer
  • Baba
  • Ali
  • Hassan
  • Assef
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