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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is the Red Cross guy said to come by for letters from the prisoners in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every two weeks.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Once a month.

2. As Khalid is aboard the plane to Guantanamo in Chapter 15, his mind keeps returning to whom, and considering whether this person is the link that has landed him in these circumstances?
(a) Tariq.
(b) Mikael.
(c) Aadab.
(d) Jim.

3. What is Chapter 5’s title?
(a) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(b) “Missing.”
(c) “Easter.”
(d) “Karachi.”

4. Of what city does the fellow prisoner say in Chapter 8, “is very sad there. Bombing every day. Women, children, dying in streets. Explosions going all time”?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Kandahar.
(c) Islamabad.
(d) Fallujah.

5. What is Khalid’s friend Holgy’s real name said to be in Chapter 10?
(a) Peter.
(b) David.
(c) Jack.
(d) Eshan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Khalid’s father says that it has been how long since 9/11 “and the world is getting madder by the day” in Chapter 1?

2. In what English city has Khalid’s dad said to have worked as a lunch chef for the past ten years, in Chapter 1?

3. What is the capital city of Pakistan?

4. What does “CIA” stand for?

5. What is the name of the Irish girl at school that Khalid is said to fancy early in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Khalid taken in Chapter 9? By what modes of transportation is he relocated?

2. What happens after Abdul has been returned to his cell after interrogation in Chapter 12?

3. How is Khalid’s processing described in Chapter 10? What does Khalid undergo upon arrival?

4. How does Chapter 2 begin? What news does Khalid learn from his mother in the opening of the chapter?

5. What does Khalid recall from a classroom conversation about the Spanish Inquisition in Chapter 15?

6. What is Khalid doing when his character is introduced in Chapter 1? What worry concerns Khalid in the opening of the novel?

7. How is the incident at the science lab explained in Chapter 1? Who was responsible for the incident?

8. What does Khalid’s father remark about on the news when he returns home from work in Chapter 1?

9. What does Khalid find when he returns from unsuccessfully searching for his father in Chapter 5?

10. How is the process of waterboarding described in Chapter 14? How does Khalid respond to this torture?

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