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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. The prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s in Chapter 11 tells him that he was born where?
(a) Israel.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Iran.
(d) Iraq.

2. What classmate of Khalid’s, who lives over the music shop, does he recall having said of the torture during the Spanish Inquisition in Chapter 15, ““It’s a stupid way of finding anything out. Whenever my brother twists my arm up my back, it hurts so bad I say anything he wants me to just to get him to stop. So what’s the point in torturing someone if all you get is lies?”
(a) Niamh.
(b) Nico.
(c) Angela.
(d) Jacinda Parker.

3. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(b) “Karachi.”
(c) “Missing.”
(d) “Easter.”

4. What sacred place is the Prophet Muhammad said to be buried in?
(a) Medina.
(b) Medina.
(c) Gaza.
(d) Mecca.

5. Khalid learns that the prisoner in the next cell to his is named what, in Chapter 11?
(a) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(b) Abdul Al-Farran.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Harry Peterson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the guards bring Khalid to eat after his days of sleep deprivation and confinement after the confession in Chapter 15?

2. What month and year does Khalid overhear one of the guards saying it is now in the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. The soldier named Michael tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that he’s what?

4. What are the names of Khalid’s aunts whom his family visits in Chapter 3?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 13, the narrator states that there is nothing in the cell that holds Khalid aside from what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author illustrate Khalid’s psychological deterioration in Chapter 13?

3. Where is Khalid in the opening of Chapter 6? Where is he taken?

4. Where is Khalid taken in the beginning of Chapter 8? How is this setting described?

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

6. Who is the man in the cell next to Khalid’s in Chapter 11? Where is this character from?

7. What images are displayed to Khalid during his interrogations in Chapter 14? How do these images impact Khalid?

8. How is the day-to-day life of Khalid and the other prisoners described in the beginning of Chapter 12?

9. What does Khalid think about during his flight in the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

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