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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Khalid recalls collecting money for charity for what country, then stealing the money, in Chapter 14?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Russia.

2. For how many minutes are the prisoners led outside and allowed to take in the sun in the chain gang in Chapter 12?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) 4 and ½ minutes.
(c) 10 and ½ minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 tells him that he was apprehended at the border to what country?
(a) Israel.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Egypt.

4. How much older is Tariq than his cousin Khalid?
(a) 1 year old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 2 years older.
(d) 5 years old.

5. How does Khalid say his name is actually pronounced when he is interrogated by the woman with the American accent in Chapter 6?
(a) “Cha-leed.”
(b) “Kha-leed.”
(c) “Haleed.”
(d) “Kay-lid.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How many seconds does the torturer say that Khalid endured the torture in Chapter 14?

2. The prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s tells him in Chapter 11 that “Hezbollah” means what?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 10, “He’s Khalid—himself, not a result of any” what?

4. What chant breaks out in the prison, beginning with Abdul after he returns from his interrogation in Chapter 12?

5. What is the name of Khalid’s science teacher whom he got in trouble with in Chapter 1?

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