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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. What kind of torture is Khalid forced to endure in Chapter 14?
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?
3. The fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8 says that he is being blamed for doing what?
4. What is the name of the video game that Tariq has developed in Chapter 3?
5. Khalid learns that the prisoner in the next cell to his is named what, in Chapter 11?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the day-to-day life of Khalid and the other prisoners described in the beginning of Chapter 12?
2. Why was the prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s arrested, according to the narrator in Chapter 11? Where was he arrested?
3. What does Khalid think about during his flight in the beginning of Chapter 3?
4. Where is Khalid taken in the beginning of Chapter 8? How is this setting described?
5. What does Khalid find when he returns from unsuccessfully searching for his father in Chapter 5?
6. What are some of the examples of films, books, etc. that Anna Perera used as research in developing the story of Guantanamo Boy, according to the Author’s Note?
7. How is the incident at the science lab explained in Chapter 1? Who was responsible for the incident?
8. How is Khalid’s situation and condition described in the beginning of Chapter 15?
9. Where is Khalid taken after processing in Chapter 10? What questions is he asked?
10. Who is the man in the cell next to Khalid’s in Chapter 11? Where is this character from?
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 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 history, methods, and effects of torture by waterboarding. How is the process of waterboarding described in the reading? Is this a realistic depiction? Why is waterboarding forbidden by the Geneva Convention as a use of torture against prisoners of war?
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