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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the captors hardest on Marcus?
(a) Because he looks Arab.
(b) Because he was not born in the United States.
(c) Because he appeared to be the leader.
(d) Probably because he was uncooperative.

2. Where do the captors set up interviews?
(a) In the motel lobby.
(b) In the cab of the truck.
(c) Behind a screen in the truck.
(d) In a janitor's closet.

3. Why do the cops say they have been watching Marcus?
(a) Because Homeland Security asked them to.
(b) Because Marcus if friends with a known terrorist.
(c) Because of where he's been traveling according to his BART pass.
(d) Because Marcus' principal pointed Marcus out as a potential troublemaker.

4. Who asks Marcus to come with them when he is eating a burrito?
(a) CIA agents.
(b) SFPD officers.
(c) The woman with the severe haircut and another man.
(d) Vanessa and Julu.

5. Who is Jose-Luis Torrez?
(a) A clerk in a convenience store who gives the gang soda.
(b) A student who sets the chemistry lab on fire by accident.
(c) An honor student who hates Marcus.
(d) The fourth member of the gang that includes Marcus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marcus think they should do?

2. How long do the friends figure they are held?

3. Why does Marcus want to buy his mother flowers?

4. What does Marcus tell his parents when he gets home?

5. How do the friends learn about what happened in the city?

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