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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first American military man that introduces himself to Khalid in Chapter 26?
(a) Major James.
(b) Major Jackson.
(c) Major Leeth.
(d) Major Donaldson.

2. Niamh joined Khalid’s school when her family relocated from where, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) Ireland.
(b) The US.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

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

4. In the beginning of Chapter 22, the narrator notes that Khalid has been keeping track of days how for the last three days?
(a) By counting each hour.
(b) By writing a mark on the notepad he’s been given.
(c) By rubbing a scar into his arm.
(d) By scratching a mark on the wall by his bed.

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

6. What is the title of Chapter 23?
(a) “Water Tricks.”
(b) “News.”
(c) “Every Shred.”
(d) “Lee-Andy.”

7. 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 teacher’s cowshed.
(b) In his uncle’s vineyard.
(c) In his cousin’s basement.
(d) In his father’s attic.

8. When Khalid gets on the plane in Chapter 26, he sees what looks like another newly released detainee reading what periodical?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Washington Street Journal.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Daily Mirror.

9. 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) January 1, 2004.
(b) June 16, 2004.
(c) September 12, 2003.
(d) February 16, 2004.

10. 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 Pakistan.”
(b) “In Geneva.”
(c) “In Oslo.”
(d) “In the US.”

11. The military doctor that comes to examine Khalid in Chapter 23 is said to be no more than how old?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

12. What kind of music was blaring in the isolation room that Khalid is taken to in Chapter 22?
(a) Classical music.
(b) Rock music.
(c) Polka music.
(d) Jazz music.

13. Tariq tells Khalid that he heard about the capture of the Australian gamer where when they took him there, in Chapter 22?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Kandahar.

14. 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) Niamh.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Bruce.
(d) Shafi.

15. Where has Khalid begun biting himself in Chapter 17?
(a) His hand.
(b) His arm.
(c) His leg.
(d) His foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the “pretty woman in her early twenties with a reddish ponytail, nice smile and perfect teeth” give to Khalid before leaving in Chapter 22?

2. Thinking back to his friends in England, Khalid thinks in Chapter 18, “Nico was a good singer but he had too much” what?

3. What book is in Khalid’s cell when he arrives at Guantanamo Bay Prison in Chapter 16?

4. Where do the American military men tell Khalid he is going in Chapter 26?

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

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