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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. How many seconds does the torturer say that Khalid endured the torture in Chapter 14?
2. The man who introduces himself as James when Khalid is being interrogated says he’s from what organization in Chapter 6?
3. What color suit is Khalid changed into after the guards wake him and give him food in Chapter 15?
4. The soldier named Michael tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that he’s what?
5. As Khalid is being shaved, stripped and processed at Kandahar in Chapter 10, he sees how many other children in the line that look even younger than him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Khalid’s situation and condition described in the beginning of Chapter 15?
2. Whom does Khalid meet at the new Indian grocery near his home in Chapter 2? What does this character warn Khalid about?
3. What is Khalid doing when his character is introduced in Chapter 1? What worry concerns Khalid in the opening of the novel?
4. Who is the man in the cell next to Khalid’s in Chapter 11? Where is this character from?
5. Where is Khalid in the opening of Chapter 6? Where is he taken?
6. Why was the prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s arrested, according to the narrator in Chapter 11? Where was he arrested?
7. What does Khalid do when the guard brings him breakfast in Chapter 7?
8. Where is Khalid taken in Chapter 9? By what modes of transportation is he relocated?
9. How is the incident at the science lab explained in Chapter 1? Who was responsible for the incident?
10. How does the author illustrate Khalid’s psychological deterioration in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of Tariq in the novel. How old is Tariq? What video game has he developed in the beginning of the story? How does Khalid view his older cousin? How does Tariq's character evolve in the story?
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
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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