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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is the Red Cross guy said to come by for letters from the prisoners in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every two weeks.

2. The prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s tells him in Chapter 11 that “Hezbollah” means what?
(a) “Red Cross.”
(b) “To Kandahar.”
(c) “Party of God.”
(d) “Processing.”

3. The man who introduces himself as James when Khalid is being interrogated says he’s from what organization in Chapter 6?
(a) MI5.
(b) Homeland Security.
(c) CIA.
(d) NSA.

4. What is the name of the “scruffy handcuffed man sitting cross-legged on the bare concrete floor” in the room that the guards take Khalid to in Chapter 8?
(a) Abdul Al-Farran.
(b) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(c) Nico.
(d) Tariq.

5. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”
(b) “Karachi.”
(c) “Easter.”
(d) “Bread.”

Short Answer Questions

1. As Khalid is being shaved, stripped and processed at Kandahar in Chapter 10, he sees how many other children in the line that look even younger than him?

2. The peanuts that Khalid receives in his lunch in Chapter 12 are from where?

3. What is the name of the video game that Tariq has developed in Chapter 3?

4. How many children is Masud said to have back home in Chapter 9?

5. What classmate of Khalid’s, who lives over the music shop, does he recall having said of the torture during the Spanish Inquisition in Chapter 15, ““It’s a stupid way of finding anything out. Whenever my brother twists my arm up my back, it hurts so bad I say anything he wants me to just to get him to stop. So what’s the point in torturing someone if all you get is lies?”

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