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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chapter 8’s title in the novel?
(a) “Karachi.”
(b) “Easter.”
(c) “Missing.”
(d) “Masud.”

2. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) “Party of God.”
(b) “Lights.”
(c) “Water Tricks.”
(d) “To Kandahar.”

3. How many children is Masud said to have back home in Chapter 9?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. The prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s tells him in Chapter 11 that “Hezbollah” means what?
(a) “Party of God.”
(b) “Processing.”
(c) “To Kandahar.”
(d) “Red Cross.”

5. As Khalid is aboard the plane to Guantanamo in Chapter 15, his mind keeps returning to whom, and considering whether this person is the link that has landed him in these circumstances?
(a) Aadab.
(b) Tariq.
(c) Jim.
(d) Mikael.

6. What chant breaks out in the prison, beginning with Abdul after he returns from his interrogation in Chapter 12?
(a) “Death to America!”
(b) “I want a lawyer!”
(c) “Let me go!”
(d) “Death to the West!”

7. What is the name of the Irish girl at school that Khalid is said to fancy early in the novel?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Niamh.
(c) Aadab
(d) Gul.

8. How old was Tariq’s sister Radhwa when she died?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

9. As Khalid walks home from school in Chapter 1, he worries about his father receiving a letter from the school about his misbehavior. In what school room was Khalid misbehaving?
(a) The foreign language lab.
(b) The cafeteria.
(c) The computer lab.
(d) The science lab.

10. What is the name of the school that Khalid attends in Chapter 1?
(a) Medina High School.
(b) Rochdale High School.
(c) Kandahar High School.
(d) Manchester High School.

11. What do the guards bring Khalid to eat after his days of sleep deprivation and confinement after the confession in Chapter 15?
(a) Fish and rice.
(b) A peanut butter sandwich.
(c) A pizza.
(d) Crackers and water.

12. What are the names of Khalid’s aunts whom his family visits in Chapter 3?
(a) Fatima, Rehana, and Roshan.
(b) Masua, Abdula, and Gul.
(c) Abdula, Roshana, and Fatima.
(d) Aadab, Roshana, and Gul.

13. Where does Khalid’s cousin Tariq live in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Lahore, Pakistan.
(b) Rabat, Morocco.
(c) Islamabad, Pakistan.
(d) Manchester, England.

14. What does Khalid do as the armed guard goes to take his breakfast from him in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) He attempts to strangle the guard.
(b) He runs and leaps from the window.
(c) He makes a telephone call to his mother.
(d) He kicks the door open and flees.

15. How old is Khalid’s sister Gul in Chapter 1?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound awakens Khalid in the opening of Chapter 8?

2. Wade tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that “Camp X-Ray’s now closed and the new facility there, where you’d be going is” called what?

3. The prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s in Chapter 11 tells him that he was born where?

4. What month and year does Khalid overhear one of the guards saying it is now in the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. Where is Guantanamo Bay detention center located?

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