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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

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) Tänd ett ljus.
(b) Eid al-Fitr.
(c) Shalwar kameez.
(d) Zakat.

2. What illness does the fellow prisoner say he’d contracted at the time that he was arrested at the border in Chapter 8?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Lupus.

3. What color suit is Khalid changed into after the guards wake him and give him food in Chapter 15?
(a) Orange.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

4. How old does the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s tell him he is in Chapter 11?
(a) 61.
(b) 35.
(c) 29.
(d) 48.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the shopkeeper at the new Indian shop near Khalid’s home in Chapter 2?

2. With whom does Khalid recall skipping school to go to Renzo’s house to smoke cigarettes and drink his dad’s gin in Chapter 14?

3. The two men that Khalid has spent the flight sandwiched between spent the entire flight doing what, in Chapter 10?

4. 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?

5. The woman with the American accent that questions Khalid in Chapter 6 asks him why he was traveling where last week?

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