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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 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?

2. What does Khalid recall stealing from a Polish guy at the market during his delirium in Chapter 14?

3. Khalid learns that the prisoner in the next cell to his is named what, in Chapter 11?

4. The soldier named Michael tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that he’s what?

5. What is the name of the video game that Tariq has developed in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Khalid’s processing described in Chapter 10? What does Khalid undergo upon arrival?

7. How does the author illustrate Khalid’s psychological deterioration in Chapter 13?

8. What images are displayed to Khalid during his interrogations in Chapter 14? How do these images impact Khalid?

9. Who is the fellow prisoner that Khalid meets in Chapter 8? How is this character’s appearance described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the confession that Khalid is ordered to sign in Chapter 14. How many pages is the confession? What does the confession say? How does Khalid feel about signing the confession?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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