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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a traditional dress of South and Central Asia, especially of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it is worn by both men and women?
(a) Shalwar kameez.
(b) Zakat.
(c) Tänd ett ljus.
(d) Eid al-Fitr.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) “Karachi.”
(b) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(c) “To Kandahar.”
(d) “Masud.”

4. Who is Khalid’s history teacher that has taught him about Guantanamo Bay in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Williams.
(b) Mr. Hanwood.
(c) Mr. Tagg.
(d) Mr. Jackson.

5. 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?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Jack.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Jim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Irish girl at school that Khalid is said to fancy early in the novel?

2. What does “CIA” stand for?

3. 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?

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. How old is Khalid’s sister Gul in Chapter 1?

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