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

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

3. How old does Khalid’s lawyer say he is now in Chapter 24?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

4. What does Khalid read at the assembly in Chapter 29?
(a) A letter that his lawyer wrote in order to have him freed.
(b) A letter from his mother he received while in prison.
(c) A letter Khalid wrote from Guantanamo Bay Prison.
(d) A letter written from Nico while he was in prison.

5. Who does Khalid learn left school at sixteen for his apprenticeship with British Gas in Chapter 28?
(a) Holgy.
(b) Mikael.
(c) Tony Banda.
(d) Nico.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Niamh joined Khalid’s school when her family relocated from where, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?

3. What is Niamh’s last name in the novel?

4. When the plane lands in Chapter 27, a plainclothes policeman boards and tells Khalid quietly, “I am placing you under arrest under” what?

5. What sound awakens Khalid in the opening of Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the airplane when Khalid awakens in Chapter 27? Where does Khalid learn he will be going?

2. What causes Khalid to feel guilty in Chapter 25? What does Khalid receive in the mail in this chapter?

3. What does Khalid learn from Tariq of his experiences after arrest in Chapter 23?

4. What conversation takes place between Khalid and Tariq when Khalid is brought back to his cell in Chapter 24?

5. How is Khalid’s arrival in his room described in Chapter 27? Whom does Khalid speak to here?

6. What question does Khalid repeatedly ask in the beginning of Chapter 22? Why?

7. How is Khalid’s speech at the assembly described in Chapter 29? How do the students respond?

8. How is Khalid’s psychological state described in Chapter 19?

9. What music is blaring in the prison when Khalid awakens in Chapter 18? What does this make Khalid think of?

10. How is Khalid’s psychological state illustrated in the beginning of Chapter 21?

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