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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. In Chapter Five, what does Parvaiz now think about when he sees a picture of a man about to be executed?
(a) How the man's clothes are like the ones his father died in.
(b) How terrible Parvaiz feels for the man.
(c) Sorrow for the man displaying courage while about to die.
(d) How sick he feels at the idea of execution.

2. What sound devices does Parviaz get from the electronics shop in Chapter Five?
(a) Sennheiser MKH 8040.
(b) Soundmiester SoundSound 20.
(c) Sound Devices 788T.
(d) Soundsicle 300.

3. Why did Terry step away from her business?
(a) To be the silk draped over Karamat's too-dark street-fighting muscles.
(b) To be Karamat's running mate.
(c) To focus on her family more.
(d) To find herself a new passion.

4. How does the Pasha's grandmother die?
(a) She is hit by a drunken driver.
(b) She has a cancerous tumor.
(c) She dies of grief.
(d) She has a stroke.

5. What does Parvaiz look up through proxxy servers in Chapter Five?
(a) How to get to Raqqa.
(b) Ways to start a new life.
(c) Research for a new soundscape project.
(d) Enhanced interrogation techniques at Bagram.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karamat say about his decision to not let Parvaiz return in a TV interview?

2. What narrative does Karamat think Eamonn's video has created?

3. In Chapter Five, what does Isma suggest they do with the house?

4. What does Farooq say about Parvaiz's sister in Chapter Five?

5. What does the prayer the man about to be executed says remind Parvaiz of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Parvaiz to contact Aneeka in Chapter Six?

2. How does Isma appeal to Karamat Lone to let her go to Aneeka in Chapter Eight?

3. What do Isma and Aneeka say when Parvaiz calls them from Raqqa?

4. Why does Parvaiz decide to go to the British embassy on his own?

5. What does Karamat think of London and his political critics?

6. What do Isma and Aneeka say to one another that they think about life after death?

7. How does Karamat Lone think of his son compared to his daughter in Chapter Eight? How has that changed with Aneeka?

8. Why does Eamonn tell his father he worries about him politically?

9. What does Farooq talk to Parvaiz about when they first spend time with each other in Chapter Five?

10. How does Parvaiz describe Raqqa when he first arrives in Chapter Six?

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