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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. What sound awakens Khalid in the opening of Chapter 22?
(a) The sound of rap music.
(b) The sound of birds chirping.
(c) The sound of furniture being moved.
(d) The sound of vomiting.

2. 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 mother.
(b) Khalid’s brother.
(c) Khalid’s sister.
(d) Khalid’s father.

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

4. What word does Khalid use in Chapter 16 to refer to “acts of charity to help people in need”?
(a) “Zakat.”
(b) “Tänd ett ljus.”
(c) “Shalwar kameez.”
(d) “Eid al-Fitr.”

5. Who does Khalid recognize from the recreation ground as he’s led to the barber in Chapter 21?
(a) Ali Abaza.
(b) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(c) Abdul Al-Farran.
(d) Nico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news of Britain does the food trolley man reveal to Khalid and the other prisoners gloatingly in Chapter 16?

2. Tariq tells Khalid that he heard about the capture of the Australian gamer where when they took him there, in Chapter 22?

3. Talking to Khalid of the tortures he’s endured, Masud says in Chapter 17, “This I’m knowing for sure is against the law they set” where?

4. What are the names of Khalid’s old mates from primary school that lead him out of the sports store when Khalid has an anxiety attack in Chapter 29?

5. Where does Khalid learn Mikael has moved with his family in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Khalid encounter Angela and Bruce in Chapter 18? What do these characters ask Khalid?

3. Who greets Khalid in the interrogation room in Chapter 26? What information do these characters relate?

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

5. What does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid about his experiences after Karachi in Chapter 17?

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

7. Whom does Khalid meet when he is taken to the recreation area at the prison in Chapter 20? How is the recreation area described?

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

9. How is Khalid’s arrival in Guantanamo Bay Prison described in the beginning of Chapter 16?

10. Whom does Khalid meet in Chapter 24? What information is related to Khalid from this character?

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