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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the shopkeeper at the new Indian shop near Khalid’s home in Chapter 2?
(a) Aadab.
(b) Abdul Al-Farran.
(c) Nasir.
(d) Tariq.

4. The prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s tells him in Chapter 11 that “Hezbollah” means what?
(a) “To Kandahar.”
(b) “Red Cross.”
(c) “Processing.”
(d) “Party of God.”

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

6. What is the name of the restaurant where Khalid’s father works as a lunch chef in Chapter 1?
(a) Two Boots.
(b) The Hungry Panda.
(c) Vegetarian First.
(d) Perry Street Restaurant.

7. Khalid learns that the prisoner in the next cell to his is named what, in Chapter 11?
(a) Abdul Al-Farran.
(b) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(c) Harry Peterson.
(d) Tariq.

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

9. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(b) “Missing.”
(c) “Karachi.”
(d) “Processing.”

10. The two men that Khalid has spent the flight sandwiched between spent the entire flight doing what, in Chapter 10?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Vowing revenge.
(c) Praying
(d) Cursing.

11. What is the name of the “scruffy handcuffed man sitting cross-legged on the bare concrete floor” in the room that the guards take Khalid to in Chapter 8?
(a) Abdul Al-Farran.
(b) Nico.
(c) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(d) Tariq.

12. Khalid recalls collecting money for charity for what country, then stealing the money, in Chapter 14?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Russia.
(d) Bosnia.

13. As Khalid walks home from school in Chapter 1, he worries about his father receiving a letter from the school about his misbehavior. In what school room was Khalid misbehaving?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The science lab.
(c) The foreign language lab.
(d) The computer lab.

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

15. Who is Khalid’s history teacher that has taught him about Guantanamo Bay in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Tagg.
(b) Mr. Hanwood.
(c) Mr. Jackson.
(d) Mr. Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?

2. What grade has Khalid received for his essay plan on the Spanish Inquisition in Chapter 2?

3. 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?

4. Where in Pakistan did Khalid’s father grow up?

5. The prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s in Chapter 11 tells him that he was born where?

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