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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the Blue Badges?
(a) Northern women who went on forages to Alaska.
(b) Southern women workers who had blue eyes.
(c) Southern men who started working for the North.
(d) Northern men who acted as a police force.

2. What does Karina tell Sarat is the real miracle of Simon?
(a) That he survived.
(b) That he can carry on a conversation.
(c) That he could father a child.
(d) That he is healing.

3. Which of the tortures listed below is Sarat NOT subjected to?
(a) Being whipped with a leather thong.
(b) Being exposed to loud sounds and intense noises.
(c) Being exposed to intense light and heat.
(d) Being water boarded.

4. Where was Sarat's father born?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Spain.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Canada.

5. How much time does Sarat spend as a detainee at the camp?
(a) A decade.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were estimated to be killed in the war?

2. Who escaped from the camp right before the massacre occurred?

3. What is the name of the humanitarian organization that runs the refugee camp?

4. What does Benjamin find in the storm shelter?

5. What is the narrator's lifelong career?

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