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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s tell him he is in Chapter 11?
(a) 61.
(b) 35.
(c) 48.
(d) 29.

2. What is the name of the restaurant where Khalid’s father works as a lunch chef in Chapter 1?
(a) Perry Street Restaurant.
(b) The Hungry Panda.
(c) Two Boots.
(d) Vegetarian First.

3. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 says that he is being blamed for doing what?
(a) Plotting to kill the President.
(b) Bombing a village.
(c) Raping a woman.
(d) Bombing the World Trade Towers.

4. How old was Tariq’s sister Radhwa when she died?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

5. 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?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who comes to question Khalid in Chapter 6 and is described as being about thirty-five, with straight brown hair?

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

3. What is the name of the shopkeeper at the new Indian shop near Khalid’s home in Chapter 2?

4. 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?

5. Where is Guantanamo Bay detention center located?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Anna Perera claim inspired her to write Guantanamo Boy in the Author’s Note?

3. How is Khalid’s situation and condition described in the beginning of Chapter 15?

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

5. What images are displayed to Khalid during his interrogations in Chapter 14? How do these images impact Khalid?

6. How is Khalid’s processing described in Chapter 10? What does Khalid undergo upon arrival?

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

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

9. How is the day-to-day life of Khalid and the other prisoners described in the beginning of Chapter 12?

10. Where is Khalid taken in Chapter 9? By what modes of transportation is he relocated?

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