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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 in England does Khalid’s family live in the beginning of the novel?

3. What is the name of the Irish girl at school that Khalid is said to fancy early in the novel?

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

5. What chant breaks out in the prison, beginning with Abdul after he returns from his interrogation in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Khalid recall from a classroom conversation about the Spanish Inquisition in Chapter 15?

4. Whom does Khalid meet at the new Indian grocery near his home in Chapter 2? What does this character warn Khalid about?

5. What are Khalid’s impressions of Karachi and the home of his aunts in Chapter 3?

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

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

8. Where is Khalid in the opening of Chapter 6? Where is he taken?

9. How is the process of waterboarding described in Chapter 14? How does Khalid respond to this torture?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character of Abdul Al-Farran. How old does Abdul tell Khalid he is? What does he say was his greatest error in his arrest? What happens to Abdul in the story? How does Khalid respond?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Khalid Ahmed as the protagonist of the novel. Where does Khalid live when the story begins? How old is he? How does the author’s use of language inform you about the character? How does Khalid's character evolve in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the processing that Khalid undergoes when he arrives in Kandahar. What is the purpose of shaving the hair and facial hair of the prisoners? How do the older prisoners respond to this humiliation? How does it affect Khalid?

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