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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. Tariq tells Khalid that he lied to the authorities and said that Khalid’s father was what, in Chapter 23?
(a) A fund-raiser for extremists.
(b) A devout jihadist.
(c) Osama Bin Laden’s second cousin.
(d) A supporter of Saddam Hussein.

2. What is the title of Chapter 22?
(a) “Red Cross.”
(b) “The Jinn.”
(c) “News.”
(d) “Processing.”

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

4. Where do the American military men tell Khalid he is going in Chapter 26?
(a) Guantanamo Bay.
(b) Home.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Morocco.

5. When Khalid encounters Masud at the showers in Chapter 17, Masud tells him that they took him from Karachi to where before bringing him to Guantanamo?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Israel.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Morocco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Khalid given to eat once he has boarded the plane in Chapter 26?

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

3. Who in Khalid’s family does he learn has died on the plane ride in Chapter 26?

4. What kind of music was blaring in the isolation room that Khalid is taken to in Chapter 22?

5. What is the phrase that Khalid was taught in school in order to learn the color spectrum?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Khalid’s day-to-day life described in the beginning of Chapter 17?

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

3. What causes Khalid to not answer the calls from the next prison cell in Chapter 23?

4. What news does the food trolley man relate to the prisoners in Chapter 16? How do they respond?

5. How is Khalid’s arrival home described in Chapter 28? How does Khalid respond to the experience of arriving home?

6. Where does Khalid encounter Tariq in Chapter 22? What does he learn from this character?

7. What does Mr. Tagg ask of Khalid in Chapter 28? How does Khalid respond?

8. Who interrupts Khalid from the act of self-abuse in Chapter 22? How is this character described?

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

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

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