"The Kite Runner" Chapters 11-15

Why does Amir have to travel to Pakistan?

• his student visa has expired

• his father's house must be sold

• Rahim Kahn is very sick

• Hassan has asked him to come

What has happened to General Taheri?

• he committed suicide as a result of his depression

• he has gone blind from a brain tumor

• he broke his hip and suffered other complications

• he returned to Afghanistan under Massoud

To whom did Baba "sell" his house?

• Sohrab

• Ali

• Hassan

• Rahim Khan

What happens to Rahim Khan at a soccer game one day?

• nothing, because the Taliban outlawed all games

• a soldier hits him in the head with a Kalashnikov

• he sees Hassan playing for the opposing team

• his old Hazara girlfriend talks to him about her life

How do the Afghans view the Talian after the Russians depart?

• as a grave danger

• as heroes

• as religious fanatics with no real power

• as a short term fix

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Baba throws cold water on his gift by stating...

• he would like to return to Afghanistan.

• he wants Amir to be a Doctor.

• he wishes Hassan was here.

• he is going to quit his job and let Amir support him.

Amir is going to go to college to be a ...

• teacher.

• doctor.

• lawyer.

• writer.

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General Taheri's daughter is ...

• a woman with a past.

• a woman with a lot of money.

• a famous singer in Afghanistan.

• a sociopath.

Baba becomes ill. The doctor's tell him ...

• he has lung cancer.

• he has throat cancer.

• he has brain cancer.

• it's all in his head and he just thinks there is something wrong.

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Amir asks Baba to visit General Taheri and ...

• ask him for help with his illness.

• formally request Soraya's hand in marriage.

• ask him to help him book a flight back home.

• ask him to help support Amir through college.