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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 Old Man and the Sea.
(d) The Bible.

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

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

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

8. Thinking back to his friends in England, Khalid thinks in Chapter 18, “Nico was a good singer but he had too much” what?
(a) “Arrogance.”
(b) “Confidence.”
(c) "Money."
(d) “Nasality.”

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

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

11. As Khalid considers his life prior to his imprisonment in Chapter 18, he thinks, “Although he likes to give the impression he’s all right with girls, in actual fact he’s just as awkward and lacking in confidence as” whom?
(a) “Tariq.”
(b) “Nico.”
(c) “Holgy.”
(d) “Mikael.”

12. In the beginning of Chapter 21, the library man returns and leaves Khalid with two Reader’s Digest books and what magazine?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) People Magazine.

13. What is the title of Chapter 19?
(a) “Water Tricks.”
(b) "Lights."
(c) “The Jinn.”
(d) “Every Shred.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tariq tells Khalid in Chapter 23 that he told the people who imprisoned him that weapons of mass destruction were hidden where?

2. Where does Khalid learn the plane will be landing in Chapter 27?

3. 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”?

4. Who does Khalid learn left school at sixteen for his apprenticeship with British Gas in Chapter 28?

5. How many suicides does Khalid’s lawyer say there were last week at Camp Echo in Chapter 24?

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