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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is when he meets Khalid in Chapter 8?
(a) 29.
(b) 59.
(c) 48.
(d) 35.

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

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

4. The Pakistani-looking man who interrogates Khalid in Chapter 6 takes what item from Khalid’s possession when he first speaks to him?
(a) His watch.
(b) His ring.
(c) His bracelet.
(d) His necklace.

5. The CIA agents that interrogate Khalid during processing in Chapter 10 say that he communicated by code with other terrorists how?
(a) Via computer.
(b) Via radio waves.
(c) Via telephone.
(d) Via postal mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what English city has Khalid’s dad said to have worked as a lunch chef for the past ten years, in Chapter 1?

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

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. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 tells him that he was apprehended at the border to what country?

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