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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. 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?
(a) $500.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $5,000.

2. 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) Masud Al-Dossadi.
(b) Nico.
(c) Abdul Al-Farran.
(d) Tariq.

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

4. In what English city has Khalid’s dad said to have worked as a lunch chef for the past ten years, in Chapter 1?
(a) Rochdale.
(b) Westminster.
(c) Manchester.
(d) London.

5. What is the title of Chapter 11 in the novel?
(a) “Masud.”
(b) “Processing.”
(c) “To Kandahar.”
(d) “Red Cross.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Khalid do as the armed guard goes to take his breakfast from him in the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a traditional dress of South and Central Asia, especially of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it is worn by both men and women?

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

4. How does Khalid say his name is actually pronounced when he is interrogated by the woman with the American accent in Chapter 6?

5. What is the greeting that the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s uses to greet him each morning in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the man in the cell next to Khalid’s in Chapter 11? Where is this character from?

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

5. What does the first interrogator ask Khalid in Chapter 6? How does Khalid respond?

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

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

8. What happens after Abdul has been returned to his cell after interrogation in Chapter 12?

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

10. Why was the prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s arrested, according to the narrator in Chapter 11? Where was he arrested?

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