The Kite Runner Novel Unit

Final Exam (100 points total)

All Chapters

Total points: /100

Part One: Event Sort (2 points each - 20 points total)

Put the following events from the novel into the correct order. Use copy and paste

Rahim Khan calls Amir in San Francisco and tells Amir that there is “a way to be good again”.

When they are children, Assef threatens Hassan and Amir with brass knuckles.

Amir wins the kite tournament.

Amir watches Hassan get raped by Assef and runs away without helping his friend.

Amir hides money and a watch under Hassan’s mattress. Hassan admits to stealing the money and the watch, but Baba forgives him. Hassan and Ali leave anyway.

Amir and Baba escape to Pakistan in a fuel truck. They move to California; Amir attends high school and Baba works in a gas station.

Amir graduates and begins studying creative writing at junior college, to Baba’s annoyance.

Amir and Baba meet General Taheri and his daughter Soraya at the flea market in San Jose. Baba asks General Teheri if Amir can marry Soraya; he accepts.

Amir leaves America for Pakistan after a phone call from Rahim Khan. When in Pakistan, Rahim Khan asks Amir to return to Afghanistan and rescue Sohrab: Amir refuses at first.

Before continuing on his journey back to Afghanistan, Amir leaves money for Wahid’s family under a mattress.

Zaman, the director of an Afghan orphanage, explains Sohrab was taken by a Talib a month before.

Amir and Fahid go to a soccor match and watch a Talib stone a couple to death for acts of adultery. Fahid sets up a meeting between Amir and the Talib in the sunglasses.

Amir goes to meet the Talib and discovers it is Assef. Amir and Assef fight. Sohrab blinds Assef in the left eye with his slingshot so Amir and Sohrab are able to escape.

Mr. Andrews passes on the name of an immigration lawyer, Mr. Faisal and he explains the difficult process of adoption. Amir has to tell Sohrab he will have to go back to an orphanage.

Sorarya calls and explains people in the USA had been able to get Sorhab a humanitarian visa and he will not have to go back to an orphanage, however, Sorhab attempted to commit suicide in the bathtub.

Amir takes Sorhab back to San Francisco and Sorhab becomes mute for a year.

After 9/11. The General returns to Afghanistan.

In 2002, Amir takes Sohrab to fly a kite and Sorhab smiles for the first time.

Part Two: Character and Symbolism (5 points each – 15 points)

For each of the following characters, give one object/symbol/personal item from the novel that represents three things about the character.

Character / Object from the novel / Three things that the object/symbol represents
Amir / · 
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Hassan / · 
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Baba / · 
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Part Three: Important Passages (10 points each – 40 points)

For each quote, explain what was happening at that point of the novel and explain why it is important to the book.

Important Quote / What is happening at that point in the novel? / Why is the quote important to the novel?
(Consider plot, character and theme)
"There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft....When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.""
“There is a way to be good again.”
"Because when spring comes it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting"
""War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace."

Part Four: Open-ended response (25 points)

Use the rubric to answer the question correctly. You may use quotes from ANY part of the novel to support your answer.

Prompt: What is the most important theme in the novel The Kite Runner. Describe how the theme has been developed in the novel. Support your answer with three quotes from the novel.

Category / 5 / 3 / 1 / 0
A – Answer the prompt. / Answered the prompt using the title of the passage and key words from the prompt. / Answered the prompt using key words from the prompt. Did not use the title of the passage in the answer. / Answered the question without using the title of the passage or key words from the prompt. / Did not answer the question.
P – Provide example from the text / Provided excellent examples from the text. / Provided examples from the text. / Provided insufficient examples from the text. / Did not provide examples from the text.
S - support the example with a quotes. / Supported each example with excellent, relevant quotes. / Supported each example with a quote. / Did not support all examples with quotes. / Did not provide quotes.
E – Explain how the example supports the answer. / Explained clearly how each example and quote helped to support the answer. / Explained how each example and quote helped to support the answer. / Did not explain how each example and quote supported the answer. / Did not provide explanations.