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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is the Red Cross guy said to come by for letters from the prisoners in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Every two weeks.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Once a week.

2. As Khalid considers his life prior to his imprisonment in Chapter 18, he thinks, “Although he likes to give the impression he’s all right with girls, in actual fact he’s just as awkward and lacking in confidence as” whom?
(a) “Tariq.”
(b) “Holgy.”
(c) “Nico.”
(d) “Mikael.”

3. Masud describes being hung from the walls and beaten with what in Chapter 17?
(a) A lead pipe.
(b) A cat-o-nine-tails.
(c) A brick attached to a metal rod.
(d) A strap attached to a wooden handle.

4. Khalid’s father is said to have taught Khalid how to do the dishes after tea at what age?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. As Khalid is being shaved, stripped and processed at Kandahar in Chapter 10, he sees how many other children in the line that look even younger than him?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number is Khalid assigned when he arrives at Guantanamo Bay Prison in Chapter 16?

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

3. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 says that when he was apprehended by the authorities, he had how much money on his person?

4. Of what city does the fellow prisoner say in Chapter 8, “is very sad there. Bombing every day. Women, children, dying in streets. Explosions going all time”?

5. What is Chapter 8’s title in the novel?

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