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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) “Easter.”
(b) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(c) “Masud.”
(d) “Missing.”

2. What word does Khalid confuse for “enemy combatant” when he first hears the fellow prisoner use the phrase in Chapter 8?
(a) “Incoherent.”
(b) “Endangered.”
(c) “Participant.”
(d) “Incompetent.”

3. What is the greeting that the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s uses to greet him each morning in Chapter 11?
(a) “As-salaamu alaikum.”
(b) “Shalwar kameez.”
(c) “Zakat.”
(d) “Tänd ett ljus.”

4. What kind of torture is Khalid forced to endure in Chapter 14?
(a) Kneecapping.
(b) Bamboo torture.
(c) Waterboarding.
(d) The rack.

5. Tariq tells Khalid that he lied to the authorities and said that Khalid’s father was what, in Chapter 23?
(a) A supporter of Saddam Hussein.
(b) Osama Bin Laden’s second cousin.
(c) A devout jihadist.
(d) A fund-raiser for extremists.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Pakistani-looking man who interrogates Khalid in Chapter 6 takes what item from Khalid’s possession when he first speaks to him?

2. How old does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is when he meets Khalid in Chapter 8?

3. How many pills is Khalid given by the doctor before he is sent back to his cell from the hospital in Chapter 23?

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

5. What term from the narrative refers to the breaking of the fast of Ramadan?

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