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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) “In Pakistan.”
(b) “In the US.”
(c) “In Geneva.”
(d) “In Oslo.”

2. What is Khalid’s friend Holgy’s real name said to be in Chapter 10?
(a) Eshan.
(b) David.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jack.

3. The narrator says of Khalid in the beginning of Chapter 15, “All night long, under the constant bright lights, the picture at the front of Khalid’s mind is the painting by” whom?
(a) “Aadab.”
(b) “Gul.”
(c) “Niamh.”
(d) “His mother.”

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a traditional dress of South and Central Asia, especially of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it is worn by both men and women?
(a) Eid al-Fitr.
(b) Shalwar kameez.
(c) Zakat.
(d) Tänd ett ljus.

5. 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) Nico.
(b) Niamh.
(c) Jacinda Parker.
(d) Angela.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Khalid do as the armed guard goes to take his breakfast from him in the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?

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

4. Harry drives Khalid to his home in Chapter 28 in what vehicle?

5. What kind of music is blaring when Khalid awakens in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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