Guantanamo Boy Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Anna Perera
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 154 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Guantanamo Boy Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Anna Perera
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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 Chapter 5’s title?

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

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

4. The prisoner in the cell next to Khalid’s tells him in Chapter 11 that “Hezbollah” means what?

5. Where does Khalid’s cousin Tariq live in the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Khalid consider about his own situation after speaking with the fellow prisoner in Chapter 8?

3. What does Anna Perera claim inspired her to write Guantanamo Boy in the Author’s Note?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of the Sarposa prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan. How large is this prison? When was it established? What history of torture has been related through the news of the prison facilities? How long is Khalid detained here?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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