How does Chapter 16 differ from the rest of the novel?

It is narrated by someone other than Amir.

What is the significance of Hassan’s mother returning, especially in the context of Hassan as Amir’s foil?

It allows readers to see Hassan’s capacity for forgiveness

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1
How does Chapter 16 differ from the rest of the novel?
It is composed of one long letter.
It is told as a dream sequence.
It is narrated by someone other than Amir.
It is told in third person omniscient.
2
Which of the following characters is a Pashtun?
Hassan
Farzana
Amir
Sohrab
3
What is the significance of Hassan’s mother returning, especially in the context of Hassan as Amir’s foil?
It allows the readers to see the parallel to Amir’s missing mother.
It provides an explanation for where she has been for so long.
It allows readers to see Hassan’s capacity for forgiveness
It creates tension that recalls Amir’s escape from Afghanistan.
4
What does Rahim Kahn want Amir to do?
Get Sohrab from the orphanage.
Take over the orphanage.
Move back into Baba's house and care for Sohrab.
Visit Sohrab in Afghanistan.
5
What happened to Sohrab in the bathroom?
He attempted suicide.
He tried to escape out a window and fell injuring himself.
He fell in the shower.
He was beaten by Assef.
6
Hassan's deformity gives the impression that he is always doing what?
Smiling
Laughing
Angry
Depressed
7
Which literary device is used at the beginning of the novel to introduce the plot?
Foreshadowing
Flashback
First Person Omniscent
Autobiographical Imagery
8
What is the name of Hassan's wife?
Farisha
Sanaubar
Farzana
Soraya
9
Why is the long engagement period avoided for Amir and Soraya?
Soraya's past indiscretions.
Financial matters.
College classes for Amir are starting.
Baba's illness.
10
Hassan is a symbol of ______________?
Loyalty and Despair
Loyalty and Sacrifice
Loyalty and Determination
Loyalty and Unrequited Love
11
Who is really Hassan's father?
Baba
Rahim Khan
Ali
General Taheri
12
Which of the following is the ONLY thing Baba considers a sin?
Murder
Theft
Disrespect
Lying
13
All of the following are main themes in the novel EXCEPT:
Guilt and Redemption
Political Dictatorships
Brotherhood and Friendship
Loyalty and Sacrifice
14
What happened to Hassan and his wife?
They were drug from their home and beaten.
They fled to Pakistan.
They are in a shelter for Hazaras.
They were shot by the Taliban
15
Why is Amir going to visit Rahim Khan in Chapter 14?
Because Rahim Khan is ill.
Because Amir is ill.
Because he requested it.
Because he wants to see Pakistan again.
16
Which of the following characters is a Hazara?
Baba
Rahim Khan
Hassan
Soraya
17
What does Amir’s cut on his lip after the fight remind him of?
Hassan's harelip.
Assef and the fight.
His father, Baba's scars.
His mother's death.
18
Who appears at Hassan's door, bloody and broken and seeking forgiveness?
Sanaubar
Amir
Farid
Rahim Khan
19
Rahim Khan lives in Baba's house and cares for the property after Baba and Amir leave for the United States.
False
True
20
Who lived with Rahim Khan for many years?
Sohrab
Hassan & Ali
Kids from Baba's orphanage
Hassan

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