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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

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

2. How often is the Red Cross guy said to come by for letters from the prisoners in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Every two weeks.

3. What sound awakens Khalid in the opening of Chapter 8?
(a) The chirping of birds outside his window.
(b) The sounds of a dog tearing apart a building.
(c) The coughing of one of the prisoners.
(d) The screeching of furniture being moved upstairs.

4. What term from the narrative refers to the breaking of the fast of Ramadan?
(a) Tänd ett ljus.
(b) Zakat.
(c) Shalwar kameez.
(d) Eid al-Fitr.

5. As Khalid considers his life prior to his imprisonment in Chapter 18, he thinks, “Although he likes to give the impression he’s all right with girls, in actual fact he’s just as awkward and lacking in confidence as” whom?
(a) “Holgy.”
(b) “Tariq.”
(c) “Mikael.”
(d) “Nico.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 10, “He’s Khalid—himself, not a result of any” what?

2. What is the name of the Scottish neighbor to Khalid’s family that lives in house number 11?

3. What is the name of Khalid’s science teacher whom he got in trouble with in Chapter 1?

4. Tariq tells Khalid that he heard about the capture of the Australian gamer where when they took him there, in Chapter 22?

5. What is the greeting that the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s uses to greet him each morning in Chapter 11?

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