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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. Who does Khalid recognize from the recreation ground as he’s led to the barber in Chapter 21?

2. What is the title of Chapter 18?

3. Where do the American military men tell Khalid he is going in Chapter 26?

4. How many pills is Khalid given by the doctor before he is sent back to his cell from the hospital in Chapter 23?

5. At which camp does Tariq say he was held before he was transferred to Camp Delta in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the airplane when Khalid awakens in Chapter 27? Where does Khalid learn he will be going?

2. Whom does Khalid meet when he is taken to the recreation area at the prison in Chapter 20? How is the recreation area described?

3. Where does Khalid encounter Tariq in Chapter 22? What does he learn from this character?

4. What does the fellow prisoner tell Khalid about his experiences after Karachi in Chapter 17?

5. Whom does Khalid meet in Chapter 24? What information is related to Khalid from this character?

6. What question does Khalid repeatedly ask in the beginning of Chapter 22? Why?

7. What event brings Khalid some respite from his situation in Chapter 20?

8. Where does Khalid encounter Angela and Bruce in Chapter 18? What do these characters ask Khalid?

9. What conversation takes place between Khalid and Tariq when Khalid is brought back to his cell in Chapter 24?

10. Whom does Khalid encounter on his way to the barber in Chapter 21? What exchange is described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the al-Qaeda organization and its history. When was al-Qaeda established? Who established the organization? What was the status of the organization following the 9/11 attacks? Why is Khalid accused of being a member of al-Qaeda?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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