10 questions🇬🇧English
🪁 The Kite Runner – A-level
English Literature · A-level — characters, guilt and redemption, historical context and key moments of the novel
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Questions
After Amir wins the 1975 tournament, what does Hassan call out to him before running the last cut kite?
There is a way to be good again
For you, a thousand times over
I will bring it back for my master
Every sin is a variation of theft
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Which weapon does Assef carry when he first threatens Amir and Hassan as boys?
Stainless-steel brass knuckles
A slingshot loaded with stones
A leather riding whip
A short kitchen knife
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Who phones Amir in California and tells him, "There is a way to be good again"?
Rahim Khan
Baba
General Taheri
Soraya
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According to Baba, every other sin is a variation of which single sin?
Theft
Pride
Cowardice
Lying
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How does Amir try to make Hassan and Ali leave Baba's house?
He tells Baba that Hassan tore the blue kite
He pelts Hassan with pomegranates until he leaves
He claims Hassan has been stealing Baba's food
He hides a watch and money under Hassan's mattress
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Besides ethnicity, which religious difference separates most Hazaras from most Pashtuns in the novel?
Hazaras are Hindu; Pashtuns are Muslim
Hazaras are Shi'a; Pashtuns are Sunni
Hazaras are Sufi; Pashtuns are Shi'a
Hazaras are Sunni; Pashtuns are Shi'a
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Which historical event leads Baba and Amir to flee Kabul for Pakistan in 1981?
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Taliban takeover of Kabul
The September 11 attacks
The overthrow of the monarchy
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After Assef beats him, Amir's upper lip is split down the middle. Why is this injury significant?
It mirrors the cut Amir gets from the kite string
It echoes Baba's wound from fighting the Soviets
It recalls the scar Assef got from Hassan's slingshot
It mirrors Hassan's harelip, marking Amir's atonement
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Why is Hassan's love of the Shahnameh story of Rostam and Sohrab dramatically ironic?
Two brothers fight for a throne, like Amir and Hassan
A servant betrays his master, echoing Amir's lie
A father unknowingly harms his son, echoing Baba's secret
A hero flees his homeland, like Amir in 1981
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Hassan asks why the man in Amir's first story didn't just smell an onion to make tears. What does this moment reveal?
Hassan's jealousy of Amir's education
Hassan's wish to become a writer himself
Hassan's failure to understand fiction
Hassan's sharp insight despite being illiterate
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