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'The Kite Runner' Trivia Quiz

This is a fantastic tale by Khaled Hosseini of how jealousy, honesty and secrets can tear your life apart.

A multiple-choice quiz by Jimink. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Jimink

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
261,713

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
740

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What country is the story of Amir's childhood set in? Hint

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Kazakhstan

Afghanistan

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Question 2 of 10

2. How is a kite fighting tournament won? Hint

By having the most expensive kite

By having the largest kite

By severing the strings of all other kites

By having the fastest kite

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Question 3 of 10

3. What do the boys compare on the first day back at school after the winter holiday? Hint

Kite fighting scars

Eid presents

Christmas presents

New school supplies

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which is the most sought after kite to run? Hint

The first kite to fall

The largest kite

The fastest kite

The last kite to fall

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Question 5 of 10

5. Why do Amir and his father emigrate to the USA? Hint

To live with relatives

To escape the war

To seek employment

All of these

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the woman that Amir falls in love with? Hint

Sanaubar

Jamila

Soraya

Farzana

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Question 7 of 10

7. How does Amir's father die? Hint

Heart attack

Cancer

Stroke

Murder

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Question 8 of 10

8. Why does Amir travel back to Pakistan? Hint

To meet his mother

To seek out his nephew

He was forced to by the American Authorities

To seek redemption

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Question 9 of 10

9. What terrible event happens at Ghazi Stadium whilst Amir is there? Hint

A man and woman are stoned to death

The stadium is bombed

An earthquake causes part of the roof to collapse

A man is shot as he runs across the pitch

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Question 10 of 10

10. What happens to Sohrab? Hint

He lives with Thomas and Betty Caldwell

He remains in Afghanistan

He is adopted by Amir and his wife

He lives in an orphanage in the USA

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What country is the story of Amir's childhood set in?

Answer: Afghanistan

Amir is born in Afghanistan and remains living there until the age of 18 when he emigrates to the USA with his father.

2. How is a kite fighting tournament won?

Answer: By severing the strings of all other kites

The winner of a kite fighting tournament is the person with the last kite flying, and therefore the person who has severed the strings of the other kites. The strings are coated with shards of glass to help cut the strings.

3. What do the boys compare on the first day back at school after the winter holiday?

Answer: Kite fighting scars

The more scars they have the more respect they gain.

4. Which is the most sought after kite to run?

Answer: The last kite to fall

By the time the last kite is run there are hundreds of people waiting to chase and retrieve it, making it the hardest kite to run.

5. Why do Amir and his father emigrate to the USA?

Answer: To escape the war

They emigrate in 1981 to avoid the war in Afghanistan and go to live in America where they know many fellow Afghans who have travelled there seeking safety.

6. Who is the woman that Amir falls in love with?

Answer: Soraya

Jamila is Soraya's mother, Farzana is Hassan's wife, and Sanaubar is Hassan's mother.

7. How does Amir's father die?

Answer: Cancer

Amir's father develops cancer but tries to hide it for some time. Eventually he passes away in his sleep.

8. Why does Amir travel back to Pakistan?

Answer: To seek redemption

Amir craved to right the wrongs he had committed in Afghanistan as a child, most of these to do with his half-brother, Hassan. Upon his return he does seek out his half-nephew but this was not his original intent.

9. What terrible event happens at Ghazi Stadium whilst Amir is there?

Answer: A man and woman are stoned to death

The man and woman are accused of adultery and buried in the ground up to their chests. Assef then stones them to death.

10. What happens to Sohrab?

Answer: He is adopted by Amir and his wife

It is Sohrab's worst fear to return to an orphanage, and although Amir believes he is to hand Sohrab to the Caldwells it transpires that they do not exist. He therefore takes Sohrab back to America with him where he is adopted by Amir and Soraya.

Source: Author Jimink

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