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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. 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. Where is Guantanamo Bay detention center located?
3. What is the title of Chapter 13?
4. Who is Khalid’s history teacher that has taught him about Guantanamo Bay in Chapter 1?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Khalid consider about his own situation after speaking with the fellow prisoner in Chapter 8?
2. Who is the fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8? How is this character’s appearance described?
3. Where is Khalid taken after processing in Chapter 10? What questions is he asked?
4. Why was the prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s arrested, according to the narrator in Chapter 11? Where was he arrested?
5. What are Khalid’s impressions of Karachi and the home of his aunts in Chapter 3?
6. How is the incident at the science lab explained in Chapter 1? Who was responsible for the incident?
7. What does Anna Perera claim inspired her to write Guantanamo Boy in the Author’s Note?
8. What images are displayed to Khalid during his interrogations in Chapter 14? How do these images impact Khalid?
9. What is Khalid doing when his character is introduced in Chapter 1? What worry concerns Khalid in the opening of the novel?
10. What does Khalid do when the guard brings him breakfast in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the game Bomber One which has been developed by Tariq in the novel. What are the objectives of the game? What other games does Khalid compare it to? What foreshadowing surrounds this game in the narrative? How many players are involved in the game?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the narrative point of view established in Chapter 1 of the novel. Why do you think the author chooses to tell the story from a third-person narrator? Is the narrator’s perspective limited or omniscient? Is the story told in the past, present, or future tense? How do these choices affect the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the setting of Guantanamo Bay Prison. When was Guantanamo Bay Prison established? How did the international community respond to the establishment of the prison? What atrocities have been reported within the confines of the detainment center? Why is Guantanamo Prison still in operation today?
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