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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color suit is Khalid changed into after the guards wake him and give him food in Chapter 15?

2. How much older is Tariq than his cousin Khalid?

3. 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?

4. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 tells him that he was apprehended at the border to what country?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the process of waterboarding described in Chapter 14? How does Khalid respond to this torture?

2. Where is Khalid taken in the beginning of Chapter 8? How is this setting described?

3. How does the author illustrate Khalid’s psychological deterioration in Chapter 13?

4. Where is Khalid taken after processing in Chapter 10? What questions is he asked?

5. How does Chapter 2 begin? What news does Khalid learn from his mother in the opening of the chapter?

6. What does Khalid find when he returns from unsuccessfully searching for his father in Chapter 5?

7. What is Khalid doing when his character is introduced in Chapter 1? What worry concerns Khalid in the opening of the novel?

8. What does Khalid do when the guard brings him breakfast in Chapter 7?

9. What questions are asked of Khalid by Angela and Bruce in Chapter 6? How does Khalid respond?

10. Who is the fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8? How is this character’s appearance described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the al-Qaeda organization and its history. When was al-Qaeda established? Who established the organization? What was the status of the organization following the 9/11 attacks? Why is Khalid accused of being a member of al-Qaeda?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the confession that Khalid is ordered to sign in Chapter 14. How many pages is the confession? What does the confession say? How does Khalid feel about signing the confession?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the character of Abdul Al-Farran. How old does Abdul tell Khalid he is? What does he say was his greatest error in his arrest? What happens to Abdul in the story? How does Khalid respond?

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