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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 title of Chapter 17?

2. The military doctor that comes to examine Khalid in Chapter 23 is said to be no more than how old?

3. When the plane lands in Chapter 27, a plainclothes policeman boards and tells Khalid quietly, “I am placing you under arrest under” what?

4. What is the title of Chapter 22?

5. Who is the second American military man who is introduced to Khalid in the small room in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Khalid’s arrival in Guantanamo Bay Prison described in the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

5. What causes Khalid to feel guilty in Chapter 25? What does Khalid receive in the mail in this chapter?

6. What news does the food trolley man relate to the prisoners in Chapter 16? How do they respond?

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

8. What does Khalid learn from Tariq of his experiences after arrest in Chapter 23?

9. What information does the author relate of the imprisonment of children in the novel’s Afterword?

10. What causes Khalid to not answer the calls from the next prison cell in Chapter 23?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author’s transition in narrative and language style in Chapter 13, “Lights.” What different techniques does the author use to illustrate Khalid’s mental and psychological deterioration in the chapter? Are these techniques effective?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Angela, Bruce, Dan, and Bobby in the narrative. What are the objectives of these characters? What are their actions in the reading? How are they perceived by Khalid? What organizations are these characters associated with?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Wade in Chapter 12. How old is this character? Where is he from? What are Khalid’s impressions of Wade? What happens to Wade in the story?

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