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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ramadan is what month of the Islamic calendar?
(a) The ninth month.
(b) The fourth month.
(c) The seventh month.
(d) The sixth month.

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

3. Masud describes being hung from the walls and beaten with what in Chapter 17?
(a) A strap attached to a wooden handle.
(b) A lead pipe.
(c) A cat-o-nine-tails.
(d) A brick attached to a metal rod.

4. What is Chapter 8’s title in the novel?
(a) “Karachi.”
(b) “Masud.”
(c) “Easter.”
(d) “Missing.”

5. Khalid’s father says that it has been how long since 9/11 “and the world is getting madder by the day” in Chapter 1?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British soccer player frequents Khalid’s delusions and fantasies in his delirium in Chapter 17?

2. How many pages does Khalid’s torturer have him sign as a confession in Chapter 14?

3. What is the title of Chapter 11 in the novel?

4. 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?

5. What does “CIA” stand for?

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