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

2. What kind of music is blaring when Khalid awakens in Chapter 18?
(a) Country music.
(b) Classical music.
(c) Reggae music.
(d) Rap music.

3. 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) Israel.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Morocco.

4. In Chapter 23, Tariq fills Khalid in on the events since they’ve been imprisoned. How many people does he say in March of 2003 marched in London against Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq?
(a) 2 million.
(b) Over 50,000.
(c) Over 3 million.
(d) Over 1 million.

5. Khalid recalls a time when his friend Nico had written a song of his own in Chapter 18. What was the name of it?
(a) “East is East.”
(b) “Hey Baby.”
(c) “Hey Leona.”
(d) “Let’s Go.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is in Khalid’s cell when he arrives at Guantanamo Bay Prison in Chapter 16?

2. What is the title of Chapter 25?

3. What does Khalid watch crawling on the non-working air conditioner from his cell in Chapter 17?

4. The military doctor that comes to examine Khalid in Chapter 23 is said to be no more than how old?

5. What British soccer player frequents Khalid’s delusions and fantasies in his delirium in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Khalid’s psychological state illustrated in the beginning of Chapter 21?

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

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

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

5. What conversation takes place between Khalid and Tariq when Khalid is brought back to his cell in Chapter 24?

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

7. Whom does Khalid encounter on his way to the barber in Chapter 21? What exchange is described?

8. Who arrives outside of Khalid’s cell in the beginning of Chapter 26? What orders is Khalid given?

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

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

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