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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tariq tells Khalid in Chapter 23 that he told the people who imprisoned him that weapons of mass destruction were hidden where?
(a) In his uncle’s vineyard.
(b) In his cousin’s basement.
(c) In his father’s attic.
(d) In his teacher’s cowshed.

2. 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) Lebanon.
(c) Israel.
(d) Egypt.

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

4. During his speech at the assembly in Chapter 29, Khalid says, “Hurt is hurt. Harm is harm. Bullying is bullying. What everyone wants is the same thing.” What is this thing?
(a) “Fairness.”
(b) “Respect.”
(c) “Judgment.”
(d) “Kindness.”

5. 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) Morocco.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Israel.

6. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) “Every Shred.”
(b) "Easter."
(c) "Sweat."
(d) “Processing.”

7. What “strange smell” immediately greets Khalid as he leaves the plane, finally free of his hood and earmuffs, in Chapter 16?
(a) The desert.
(b) The sea.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Burning Wood.

8. How many pills is Khalid given by the doctor before he is sent back to his cell from the hospital in Chapter 23?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

9. When Khalid exits the plane in Chapter 16, a sticky heat covers his body in sweat, reminding him of an old school trip where on the hottest day of the year?
(a) To Versailles.
(b) To Blackpool.
(c) To London.
(d) To Winchester.

10. What kind of music is blaring when Khalid awakens in Chapter 18?
(a) Country music.
(b) Rap music.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Reggae music.

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

12. What is the name of the fellow recently released detainee that is taken along with Khalid to a waiting van after they leave the airplane in Chapter 27?
(a) Abdul Al-Farran.
(b) Ashwin Al-Asmari.
(c) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(d) Ali Abaza.

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

14. Masud describes being hung from the walls and beaten with what in Chapter 17?
(a) A cat-o-nine-tails.
(b) A brick attached to a metal rod.
(c) A strap attached to a wooden handle.
(d) A lead pipe.

15. How old was Niamh when she joined Khalid’s school, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When one of the prisoners shouts at Khalid, calling him a “dorkhead,” he becomes convinced that it is whom in Chapter 22?

3. What are the names of Khalid’s old mates from primary school that lead him out of the sports store when Khalid has an anxiety attack in Chapter 29?

4. 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?

5. What breakfast is brought to Khalid on the plane in the beginning of Chapter 27?

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