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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. Of what city does the fellow prisoner say in Chapter 8, “is very sad there. Bombing every day. Women, children, dying in streets. Explosions going all time”?

2. How old does the prisoner in the next cell to Khalid’s tell him he is in Chapter 11?

3. As Khalid walks home from school in Chapter 1, he worries about his father receiving a letter from the school about his misbehavior. In what school room was Khalid misbehaving?

4. For how many minutes are the prisoners led outside and allowed to take in the sun in the chain gang in Chapter 12?

5. The narrator says of Khalid in the beginning of Chapter 15, “All night long, under the constant bright lights, the picture at the front of Khalid’s mind is the painting by” whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Khalid find when he returns from unsuccessfully searching for his father in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the events surrounding 9/11 and the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay Prison. When did this take place? Who approved the opening of Guantanamo Bay? How do these events relate directly to the narrative of Guantanamo Boy?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of torture in Guantanamo Boy. How is this theme supported by symbolism and imagery in the novel? What do you think the author’s viewpoints are on the use of torture as a means to retrieve information of terrorist plots and activities? Do you agree or disagree?

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