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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the greeting that the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s uses to greet him each morning in Chapter 11?
(a) “Shalwar kameez.”
(b) “Tänd ett ljus.”
(c) “As-salaamu alaikum.”
(d) “Zakat.”

2. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(b) “Bread.”
(c) “Easter.”
(d) “Karachi.”

3. In the beginning of Chapter 22, the narrator notes that Khalid has been keeping track of days how for the last three days?
(a) By scratching a mark on the wall by his bed.
(b) By counting each hour.
(c) By writing a mark on the notepad he’s been given.
(d) By rubbing a scar into his arm.

4. What is the name of the woman who comes to question Khalid in Chapter 6 and is described as being about thirty-five, with straight brown hair?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Angela.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Adriana.

5. Where is Guantanamo Bay detention center located?
(a) Belize.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Florida.
(d) Paraguay.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 10, “He’s Khalid—himself, not a result of any” what?

2. What is the name of the American soldier wearing jeans and a white shirt that holds out his hand to Khalid during the processing “as if welcoming the shivering, naked Khalid to Afghanistan” in Chapter 10?

3. The letter that Khalid’s new lawyer hands him in Chapter 24 is written by whom?

4. What kind of torture is Khalid forced to endure in Chapter 14?

5. What is the name of the “scruffy handcuffed man sitting cross-legged on the bare concrete floor” in the room that the guards take Khalid to in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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