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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is when he meets Khalid in Chapter 8?
(a) 29.
(b) 59.
(c) 48.
(d) 35.

3. How many seconds does the torturer say that Khalid endured the torture in Chapter 14?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

4. Wade tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that “Camp X-Ray’s now closed and the new facility there, where you’d be going is” called what?
(a) “Camp Stewart.”
(b) “Camp Delta.”
(c) “Camp Echo.”
(d) “Camp Edwards.”

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Khalid’s father says that it has been how long since 9/11 “and the world is getting madder by the day” in Chapter 1?

2. What is the name of the restaurant where Khalid’s father works as a lunch chef in Chapter 1?

3. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 says that when he was apprehended by the authorities, he had how much money on his person?

4. What is the name of the Irish girl at school that Khalid is said to fancy early in the novel?

5. What illness does the fellow prisoner say he’d contracted at the time that he was arrested at the border in Chapter 8?

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