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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 much older is Tariq than his cousin Khalid?
(a) 2 years older.
(b) 1 year old.
(c) 3 years old.
(d) 5 years old.

2. What is the name of the American soldier wearing jeans and a white shirt that holds out his hand to Khalid during the processing “as if welcoming the shivering, naked Khalid to Afghanistan” in Chapter 10?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jim.

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) “Missing.”
(b) “Processing.”
(c) “Karachi.”
(d) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”

4. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) “To Kandahar.”
(b) “Masud.”
(c) “Karachi.”
(d) “Blood’s Thicker than Water.”

5. What is the greeting that the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s uses to greet him each morning in Chapter 11?
(a) “Zakat.”
(b) “Shalwar kameez.”
(c) “Tänd ett ljus.”
(d) “As-salaamu alaikum.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Wade tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that “Camp X-Ray’s now closed and the new facility there, where you’d be going is” called what?

2. What is the name of Khalid’s science teacher whom he got in trouble with in Chapter 1?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 10, “He’s Khalid—himself, not a result of any” what?

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. How often is the Red Cross guy said to come by for letters from the prisoners in the beginning of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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