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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chant breaks out in the prison, beginning with Abdul after he returns from his interrogation in Chapter 12?
(a) “Death to the West!”
(b) “Death to America!”
(c) “Let me go!”
(d) “I want a lawyer!”

2. How many children is Masud said to have back home in Chapter 9?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. The peanuts that Khalid receives in his lunch in Chapter 12 are from where?
(a) Texas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Georgia.
(d) California.

4. What is the capital city of Pakistan?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Lahore.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Peshawar.

5. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) “To Kandahar.”
(b) “Lights.”
(c) “Water Tricks.”
(d) “Party of God.”

6. What word does Khalid confuse for “enemy combatant” when he first hears the fellow prisoner use the phrase in Chapter 8?
(a) “Endangered.”
(b) “Participant.”
(c) “Incoherent.”
(d) “Incompetent.”

7. What grade has Khalid received for his essay plan on the Spanish Inquisition in Chapter 2?
(a) B+.
(b) A-.
(c) C+.
(d) B-.

8. What is the name of the Irish girl at school that Khalid is said to fancy early in the novel?
(a) Niamh.
(b) Gul.
(c) Aadab
(d) Sarah.

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

10. Where does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is from in Chapter 8?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Afghanistan.

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

12. How many seconds does the torturer say that Khalid endured the torture in Chapter 14?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

13. As Khalid is aboard the plane to Guantanamo in Chapter 15, his mind keeps returning to whom, and considering whether this person is the link that has landed him in these circumstances?
(a) Mikael.
(b) Aadab.
(c) Jim.
(d) Tariq.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Tariq than his cousin Khalid?

2. What kind of torture is Khalid forced to endure in Chapter 14?

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

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Khalid’s father works as a lunch chef in Chapter 1?

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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