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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What classmate of Khalid’s, who lives over the music shop, does he recall having said of the torture during the Spanish Inquisition in Chapter 15, ““It’s a stupid way of finding anything out. Whenever my brother twists my arm up my back, it hurts so bad I say anything he wants me to just to get him to stop. So what’s the point in torturing someone if all you get is lies?”
(a) Nico.
(b) Jacinda Parker.
(c) Angela.
(d) Niamh.

2. 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) Tariq.
(c) Jim.
(d) Aadab.

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

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

5. The Pakistani-looking man who interrogates Khalid in Chapter 6 takes what item from Khalid’s possession when he first speaks to him?
(a) His watch.
(b) His bracelet.
(c) His ring.
(d) His necklace.

6. Which of Khalid’s friends is the principle supplier of alcohol to kids in the area?
(a) Nico.
(b) Mikael.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Jim.

7. What illness does the fellow prisoner say he’d contracted at the time that he was arrested at the border in Chapter 8?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Lupus.

8. 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) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

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

10. 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) An Oriental rug.
(d) A sink and a bed.

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

12. Wade tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that “Camp X-Ray’s now closed and the new facility there, where you’d be going is” called what?
(a) “Camp Echo.”
(b) “Camp Delta.”
(c) “Camp Edwards.”
(d) “Camp Stewart.”

13. What is the address of Khalid’s home where he arrives after school in Chapter 1?
(a) 9 Owestry Road.
(b) 17 Cobbler Lane.
(c) 12 Gooseberry Lane.
(d) 5 Rosswald Drive.

14. The narrator says of Khalid in the beginning of Chapter 15, “All night long, under the constant bright lights, the picture at the front of Khalid’s mind is the painting by” whom?
(a) “Gul.”
(b) “Niamh.”
(c) “His mother.”
(d) “Aadab.”

15. Where is Guantanamo Bay detention center located?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Florida.
(d) Belize.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldier named Michael tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that he’s what?

2. What is the name of the video game that Tariq has developed in Chapter 3?

3. What chant breaks out in the prison, beginning with Abdul after he returns from his interrogation in Chapter 12?

4. The man who introduces himself as James when Khalid is being interrogated says he’s from what organization in Chapter 6?

5. For how many minutes are the prisoners led outside and allowed to take in the sun in the chain gang in Chapter 12?

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