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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Khalid’s cousin Tariq live in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Rabat, Morocco.
(b) Manchester, England.
(c) Lahore, Pakistan.
(d) Islamabad, Pakistan.

2. What are the names of Khalid’s aunts whom his family visits in Chapter 3?
(a) Aadab, Roshana, and Gul.
(b) Masua, Abdula, and Gul.
(c) Abdula, Roshana, and Fatima.
(d) Fatima, Rehana, and Roshan.

3. 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”?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Fallujah.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Kandahar.

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

5. 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) Michelle.
(b) Angela.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Adriana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is from in Chapter 8?

2. 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?

3. Where in England does Khalid’s family live in the beginning of the novel?

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

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?

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