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

2. What is the name of the Scottish neighbor to Khalid’s family that lives in house number 11?
(a) Gul.
(b) Jim.
(c) Nico.
(d) Mac.

3. What is Khalid’s last name in the novel?
(a) Hanwood.
(b) Ahmed.
(c) Al-Farran.
(d) Al-Dossadi.

4. Where does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is from in Chapter 8?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Morocco.

5. What is the name of Khalid’s science teacher whom he got in trouble with in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Ross.
(b) Mr. Tagg.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Hanwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Khalid confuse for “enemy combatant” when he first hears the fellow prisoner use the phrase in Chapter 8?

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

3. 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?

4. What is Khalid’s friend Holgy’s real name said to be in Chapter 10?

5. How old was Tariq’s sister Radhwa when she died?

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