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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. The prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s in Chapter 11 tells him that he was born where?

2. What is the address of Khalid’s home where he arrives after school in Chapter 1?

3. How old does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid he is when he meets Khalid in Chapter 8?

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

5. What month and year does Khalid overhear one of the guards saying it is now in the beginning of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Khalid’s father remark about on the news when he returns home from work in Chapter 1?

5. What does Khalid think about during his flight in the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

7. Whom does Khalid meet after being taken to the showers in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of the Sarposa prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan. How large is this prison? When was it established? What history of torture has been related through the news of the prison facilities? How long is Khalid detained here?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the act of torture by sleep deprivation. What international regulations forbid torture on prisoners of war? What forms of torture are forbidden? What are the effects of torture by sleep deprivation? What effects of this form of torture are seen in the novel?

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