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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Khalid googles “Karachi” in Chapter 2, he discovers it has a population of how many people?
(a) 23 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 15 million.

2. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 tells him that he was apprehended at the border to what country?
(a) Israel.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Egypt.

3. What is the title of Chapter 13?
(a) “Masud.”
(b) “Red Cross.”
(c) “Lights.”
(d) “Party of God.”

4. What is the name of the Scottish neighbor to Khalid’s family that lives in house number 11?
(a) Jim.
(b) Mac.
(c) Gul.
(d) Nico.

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

6. How much older is Tariq than his cousin Khalid?
(a) 2 years older.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 5 years old.
(d) 1 year old.

7. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) “Processing.”
(b) “Masud.”
(c) “To Kandahar.”
(d) “Karachi.”

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

9. 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 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 months.

10. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 says that when he was apprehended by the authorities, he had how much money on his person?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $500.

11. How old was Tariq’s sister Radhwa when she died?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

12. 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) Lupus.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Syphilis.

13. 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) Fallujah.
(b) Kandahar.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Islamabad.

14. What does “CIA” stand for?
(a) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) Corporate Identification Agency.
(c) The Conclusive Iridium Argument.
(d) Comprehensive Identification Act.

15. In the beginning of Chapter 13, the narrator states that there is nothing in the cell that holds Khalid aside from what?
(a) An Oriental rug.
(b) A blue mat and a toilet.
(c) A sink and a bed.
(d) A floor covered in straw.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sound awakens Khalid in the opening of Chapter 8?

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

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

5. What does Khalid do as the armed guard goes to take his breakfast from him in the beginning of Chapter 7?

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