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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news of Britain does the food trolley man reveal to Khalid and the other prisoners gloatingly in Chapter 16?
(a) The France has refused to join the fight in Iraq.
(b) That Saddam Hussein has been captured and executed.
(c) That Osama Bin Laden has been executed.
(d) That England has joined America in fighting the Iraq War.

2. Who is waiting at Khalid’s home when he returns after looking for Nico in Chapter 28?
(a) Mr. Tagg.
(b) Mr. Peterson.
(c) Mr. Hanwood.
(d) Mr. Stewart.

3. What is the name of the man with the library cart that offers Khalid used books to read in Chapter 20?
(a) Shafi.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Will.
(d) Bruce.

4. When Khalid exits the plane in Chapter 16, a sticky heat covers his body in sweat, reminding him of an old school trip where on the hottest day of the year?
(a) To Blackpool.
(b) To London.
(c) To Versailles.
(d) To Winchester.

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

6. What is the name of the fellow recently released detainee that is taken along with Khalid to a waiting van after they leave the airplane in Chapter 27?
(a) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(b) Abdul Al-Farran.
(c) Ashwin Al-Asmari.
(d) Ali Abaza.

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

8. What is Niamh’s last name in the novel?
(a) O’Connor.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Reilly.
(d) Smith.

9. Masud points out another prisoner to Khalid at the showers and tells him in Chapter 17 that the prisoner was blinded in one eye where?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Israel.
(d) Lebanon.

10. Masud describes being hung from the walls and beaten with what in Chapter 17?
(a) A brick attached to a metal rod.
(b) A cat-o-nine-tails.
(c) A strap attached to a wooden handle.
(d) A lead pipe.

11. Where has Khalid begun biting himself in Chapter 17?
(a) His arm.
(b) His leg.
(c) His hand.
(d) His foot.

12. What term from the narrative refers to the breaking of the fast of Ramadan?
(a) Eid al-Fitr.
(b) Zakat.
(c) Tänd ett ljus.
(d) Shalwar kameez.

13. Which of the prisoners that volunteers to slop out the rooms is described in Chapter 19, “With big, mad eyes, he looks something like 50 Cent but he doesn’t rap”?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Shafi.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Niamh.

14. 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 father.
(c) Khalid’s sister.
(d) Khalid’s brother.

15. What is the name of the man who introduces himself as Khalid’s new lawyer in Chapter 24?
(a) Mr. Hanwood.
(b) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(c) Harry Peterson.
(d) Abdul Al-Farran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the fellow recently released detainee tell Khalid he is from as they are taken from the plane to a van in Chapter 27?

2. What number is Khalid assigned when he arrives at Guantanamo Bay Prison in Chapter 16?

3. Who greets Khalid on the airplane in Chapter 26?

4. For how long does Tariq say the hunger strike went on when he first arrived at Guantanamo in Chapter 23?

5. What is Tariq’s assigned number at Guantanamo?

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