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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 25?
(a) “Lights.”
(b) “Echoes.”
(c) “Water Tricks.”
(d) “Masud.”

3. When does Tariq say he was first brought to Guantanamo Bay Prison in Chapter 23?
(a) March, 2004.
(b) February, 2003.
(c) January, 2001.
(d) March, 2003.

4. 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) Iraq.
(b) Israel.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Lebanon.

5. Where is the guard named Marvin said to be from in Chapter 23?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Mississippi.

6. While Khalid takes in his room and his surroundings at home, he thinks of Tariq and the how many prisoners that are still detained at Guantanamo in Chapter 28?
(a) 600.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 400.

7. What word does Khalid use in Chapter 16 to refer to “acts of charity to help people in need”?
(a) “Tänd ett ljus.”
(b) “Shalwar kameez.”
(c) “Eid al-Fitr.”
(d) “Zakat.”

8. Which of the prisoners that volunteers to slop out the rooms is described in Chapter 19, “With big, mad eyes, he looks something like 50 Cent but he doesn’t rap”?
(a) Shafi.
(b) Bruce.
(c) Niamh.
(d) Anthony.

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

10. Who does Khalid learn left school at sixteen for his apprenticeship with British Gas in Chapter 28?
(a) Mikael.
(b) Tony Banda.
(c) Nico.
(d) Holgy.

11. The letter that Khalid’s new lawyer hands him in Chapter 24 is written by whom?
(a) Khalid’s mother.
(b) Khalid’s father.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Khalid’s sister.

12. 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 50,000.
(b) Over 1 million.
(c) Over 3 million.
(d) 2 million.

13. What is the name of the man who introduces himself as Khalid’s new lawyer in Chapter 24?
(a) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(b) Mr. Hanwood.
(c) Harry Peterson.
(d) Abdul Al-Farran.

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

15. What does Khalid watch crawling on the non-working air conditioner from his cell in Chapter 17?
(a) A rat.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A fly.
(d) A spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first of Khalid’s friends that he sees in Chapter 28?

2. What is the name of the “pretty woman in her early twenties with a reddish ponytail, nice smile and perfect teeth” that appears before Khalid in Chapter 22?

3. What British soccer player frequents Khalid’s delusions and fantasies in his delirium in Chapter 17?

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 22?

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