The Kite Runner Quizzes

The Kite Runner Quiz 1

By Tania Asnes · Edited by W.C. Miller · Last reviewed September 29, 2007

1 From what year does Amir narrate the story?

2007.

2002.

1996.

1975.
2 What does Rahim Khan say to Amir over the phone?

"Let's go fly a kite."

"The harelipped kite runner."

"For you, a thousand times over."

"There is a way to be good again."
3 Which of the following did Baba NOT do?

Miss Hassan's birthday.

Neglect Amir.

Build an orphanage.

Throw frequent dinner parties.
4 How did Amir's mother die?

In childbirth.

Peacefully, in her sleep.

The Taliban shot her.

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

Sohrab

Sasa

Sanaubar

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

Physician.

Novelist.

Servant.

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

Muhammad.

Praying towards Mecca.

Caliphate.

Mosques.
8 According to Ali, why did Amir and Hassan have a special kinship?

They were nursed by the same woman.

They both loved the story of Sohrab and Rostam.

They were half-brothers.

They were the city's champion kite fighters.
9 How were Amir and Hassan really related?

They were kite fighting opponents.

They were half-brothers.

They were both Baba's servants.

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 and fellow professors.

Cousins.

Cousins and Spouses.

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

Baba.

Rahim Khan.

Ali.

Assef.
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?

"Amir."

"Hassan."

"Sasa."

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

"Kite."

"Amir."

"Book."

"Ali."
16 How did Amir learn about Hazara history?

Assef told him.

A mullah told him.

Baba told him.

He secretly read a book.
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?

Married twice.

Slept with Sanaubar.

Wrestled a bear.

Built a school.
19 What is Baba's opinion of the fundamentally religious?

He does not care one way or the other.

He thinks they should die.

He thinks they are crazy.

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

Lying.

Stealing.

Cheating.

Drinking.
21 For what did Amir feel Baba blamed him?

His mother's death.

The corn dying.

Hassan's illiteracy.

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

Fighting.

Reciting poetry.

Buzkashi.

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

Ronald Reagan.

Mohammad Daoud.

Henry Kissinger.

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."

Baba.

Ali.

Rahim Khan.

Hassan.
25 How did Ali become an orphan?

The Taliban killed his parents.

His parents died in an accident.

His parents committed suicide.

Al Qaeda killed his parents.