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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chapter 26’s title?
(a) “Water Tricks.”
(b) “Karachi.”
(c) “Echoes.”
(d) “Hot Shots.”

2. How old does Khalid’s lawyer say he is now in Chapter 24?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

3. Where did Khalid first meet Niamh last year, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) The museum.
(b) The library.
(c) The science lab.
(d) The cafeteria.

4. Tariq tells Khalid that he lied to the authorities and said that Khalid’s father was what, in Chapter 23?
(a) A devout jihadist.
(b) A supporter of Saddam Hussein.
(c) A fund-raiser for extremists.
(d) Osama Bin Laden’s second cousin.

5. What is Tariq’s assigned number at Guantanamo?
(a) 123.
(b) 372.
(c) 289.
(d) 324.

6. Khalid recalls a time when his friend Nico had written a song of his own in Chapter 18. What was the name of it?
(a) “East is East.”
(b) “Hey Leona.”
(c) “Let’s Go.”
(d) “Hey Baby.”

7. Ramadan is what month of the Islamic calendar?
(a) The fourth month.
(b) The sixth month.
(c) The ninth month.
(d) The seventh month.

8. What is the name of the man who says his job is “to help [Khalid] settle back into normal life as soon as possible” in Chapter 27?
(a) Professor Packman.
(b) Professor Wolfson.
(c) Professor Joyce.
(d) Professor Jameson.

9. Where do the American military men tell Khalid he is going in Chapter 26?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Home.
(c) Guantanamo Bay.
(d) Lebanon.

10. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) “Sleep.”
(b) “Sweat.”
(c) “Lights.”
(d) “To Kandahar.”

11. At which camp does Tariq say he was held before he was transferred to Camp Delta in Chapter 23?
(a) Camp X.
(b) Camp Echo.
(c) Camp Ray.
(d) Camp Stewart.

12. What is the date that one of the guards finally calls out when Khalid keeps asking for the date in the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) February 16, 2004.
(b) September 12, 2003.
(c) January 1, 2004.
(d) June 16, 2004.

13. In Chapter 23, Tariq fills Khalid in on the events since they’ve been imprisoned. How many people does he say in March of 2003 marched in London against Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq?
(a) Over 1 million.
(b) Over 3 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) Over 50,000.

14. Who does Khalid recognize from the recreation ground as he’s led to the barber in Chapter 21?
(a) Ali Abaza.
(b) Abdul Al-Farran.
(c) Nico.
(d) Masud Al-Dossadi.

15. Who is the first of Khalid’s friends that he sees in Chapter 28?
(a) Tariq.
(b) Mikael.
(c) Nico.
(d) Holgy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Khalid use in Chapter 16 to refer to “acts of charity to help people in need”?

2. What do the students at the assembly begin chanting after Khalid has finished his speech in Chapter 29?

3. What is Niamh’s last name in the novel?

4. Who does Aadab say is her new best friend when she talks to Khalid on the phone after he’s arrived in England in Chapter 27?

5. The room that Khalid is taken to after arriving in England is described as bigger than what, in Chapter 27?

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