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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. When one of the prisoners shouts at Khalid, calling him a “dorkhead,” he becomes convinced that it is whom in Chapter 22?
2. Which of the prisoners that volunteers to slop out the rooms is described in Chapter 19, “With big, mad eyes, he looks something like 50 Cent but he doesn’t rap”?
3. What are the names of Khalid’s old mates from primary school that lead him out of the sports store when Khalid has an anxiety attack in Chapter 29?
4. Who does Khalid recognize from the recreation ground as he’s led to the barber in Chapter 21?
5. In the beginning of Chapter 22, the narrator notes that Khalid has been keeping track of days how for the last three days?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Khalid encounter Angela and Bruce in Chapter 18? What do these characters ask Khalid?
2. Whom does Khalid encounter at the communal showers in Chapter 17? What is his first impression when he sees this character?
3. How is Khalid’s psychological state described in Chapter 19?
4. What music is blaring in the prison when Khalid awakens in Chapter 18? What does this make Khalid think of?
5. What information does the author relate of the imprisonment of children in the novel’s Afterword?
6. What question does Khalid repeatedly ask in the beginning of Chapter 22? Why?
7. Whom does Khalid meet in Chapter 24? What information is related to Khalid from this character?
8. Who arrives outside of Khalid’s cell in the beginning of Chapter 26? What orders is Khalid given?
9. What does Mr. Tagg ask of Khalid in Chapter 28? How does Khalid respond?
10. What conversation takes place between Khalid and Tariq when Khalid is brought back to his cell in Chapter 24?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the character of Khalid Ahmed as the protagonist of the novel. Where does Khalid live when the story begins? How old is he? How does the author’s use of language inform you about the character? How does Khalid's character evolve in the course of the story?
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