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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) September 12, 2003.
(c) June 16, 2004.
(d) February 16, 2004.

4. What is Khalid given to eat once he has boarded the plane in Chapter 26?
(a) A peanut butter sandwich.
(b) Cheese crackers and water.
(c) Rice and chicken.
(d) Ramen noodles.

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

6. What is the phrase that Khalid was taught in school in order to learn the color spectrum?
(a) “Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain.”
(b) “Roll over your gross but interesting vest.”
(c) “Rowland ordered yesterday’s gravy but ingested varmints.”
(d) “Roy G. Biv."

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 cousin’s basement.
(c) In his uncle’s vineyard.
(d) In his father’s attic.

8. 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 spider.
(d) A fly.

9. Who in Khalid’s family does he learn has died on the plane ride in Chapter 26?
(a) Khalid’s mother.
(b) Uncle Amir.
(c) Khalid’s sister.
(d) Khalid’s brother.

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

11. Who in his family does Khalid learn has been the first person to pass the driving test on the plane in Chapter 26?
(a) Khalid’s brother.
(b) Khalid’s sister.
(c) Khalid’s mother.
(d) Khalid’s father.

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

13. What do the students at the assembly begin chanting after Khalid has finished his speech in Chapter 29?
(a) “Close down Guantanamo!”
(b) “Freedom of speech!”
(c) “End racial profiling!”
(d) “Death to America!”

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

15. How long ago does Khalid learn the Madrid train bombings took place as he rides on the plane in Chapter 26?
(a) 1 week ago.
(b) 2 days ago.
(c) 3 weeks ago.
(d) 2 weeks ago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harry drives Khalid to his home in Chapter 28 in what vehicle?

3. When Khalid gets on the plane in Chapter 26, he sees what looks like another newly released detainee reading what periodical?

4. 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?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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