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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 says that he is being blamed for doing what?
(a) Bombing the World Trade Towers.
(b) Raping a woman.
(c) Bombing a village.
(d) Plotting to kill the President.

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

3. For how many minutes are the prisoners led outside and allowed to take in the sun in the chain gang in Chapter 12?
(a) 4 and ½ minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 10 and ½ minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

4. Where in Pakistan did Khalid’s father grow up?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Medina.

5. The soldier named Michael tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that he’s what?
(a) An intern.
(b) A retired colonel.
(c) A reservist.
(d) A cadet.

6. As Khalid is being shaved, stripped and processed at Kandahar in Chapter 10, he sees how many other children in the line that look even younger than him?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

7. 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) 6 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

8. 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) Angela.
(b) Niamh.
(c) Jacinda Parker.
(d) Nico.

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

10. How old is Khalid’s sister Gul in Chapter 1?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

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

12. One of the American CIA agents asks Khalid when he last saw what individual in Chapter 10?
(a) Alex Jones.
(b) Osama Bin Laden.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) George W. Bush.

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

14. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(b) “Missing.”
(c) “Easter.”
(d) “Karachi.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does the fellow prisoner say he’d contracted at the time that he was arrested at the border in Chapter 8?

2. What does “CIA” stand for?

3. The woman with the American accent that questions Khalid in Chapter 6 asks him why he was traveling where last week?

4. How many seconds does the torturer say that Khalid endured the torture in Chapter 14?

5. How old does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is when he meets Khalid in Chapter 8?

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