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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Khalid encounters Masud at the showers in Chapter 17, Masud tells him that they took him from Karachi to where before bringing him to Guantanamo?
(a) Israel.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Iraq.

2. Where does the fellow recently released detainee tell Khalid he is from as they are taken from the plane to a van in Chapter 27?
(a) Winchester.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Chattington.
(d) Manchester.

3. What sound awakens Khalid in the opening of Chapter 22?
(a) The sound of vomiting.
(b) The sound of furniture being moved.
(c) The sound of rap music.
(d) The sound of birds chirping.

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

5. What news of Britain does the food trolley man reveal to Khalid and the other prisoners gloatingly in Chapter 16?
(a) That Osama Bin Laden has been executed.
(b) That Saddam Hussein has been captured and executed.
(c) The France has refused to join the fight in Iraq.
(d) That England has joined America in fighting the Iraq War.

6. What is the name of the man who sits next to Angela as she interrogates Khalid in Chapter 18?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Tom.
(d) Walter.

7. What is Niamh’s last name in the novel?
(a) O’Connor.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Reilly.

8. Who is the second American military man who is introduced to Khalid in the small room in Chapter 26?
(a) Major Leeth.
(b) Major Donaldson.
(c) Major Tagg.
(d) Major Wade.

9. What book is in Khalid’s cell when he arrives at Guantanamo Bay Prison in Chapter 16?
(a) The Qur’an.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Old Man and the Sea.

10. Masud points out another prisoner to Khalid at the showers and tells him in Chapter 17 that the prisoner was blinded in one eye where?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Israel.

11. The room that Khalid is taken to after arriving in England is described as bigger than what, in Chapter 27?
(a) His bathroom at home.
(b) His bedroom at home.
(c) His living room at home.
(d) His whole house.

12. What is the title of Chapter 27?
(a) “Every Shred.”
(b) “Red Cross.”
(c) “Touchdown.”
(d) “Karachi.”

13. Talking to Khalid of the tortures he’s endured, Masud says in Chapter 17, “This I’m knowing for sure is against the law they set” where?
(a) “In Geneva.”
(b) “In the US.”
(c) “In Pakistan.”
(d) “In Oslo.”

14. 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 fund-raiser for extremists.
(c) A supporter of Saddam Hussein.
(d) Osama Bin Laden’s second cousin.

15. Where does Tariq say he was held for over a year in Chapter 23?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Kandahar.
(d) Bagram.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Khalid recognize from the recreation ground as he’s led to the barber in Chapter 21?

2. How long ago does Khalid learn the Madrid train bombings took place as he rides on the plane in Chapter 26?

3. What “strange smell” immediately greets Khalid as he leaves the plane, finally free of his hood and earmuffs, in Chapter 16?

4. Khalid recalls a time when his friend Nico had written a song of his own in Chapter 18. What was the name of it?

5. What is the title of Chapter 17?

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