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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. Where does Khalid learn Mikael has moved with his family in Chapter 28?

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

3. How old was Niamh when she joined Khalid’s school, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?

4. How many suicides does Khalid’s lawyer say there were last week at Camp Echo in Chapter 24?

5. Masud points out another prisoner to Khalid at the showers and tells him in Chapter 17 that the prisoner was blinded in one eye where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who arrives outside of Khalid’s cell in the beginning of Chapter 26? What orders is Khalid given?

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

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

5. How is Khalid’s arrival in his room described in Chapter 27? Whom does Khalid speak to here?

6. Who interrupts Khalid from the act of self-abuse in Chapter 22? How is this character described?

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

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

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

10. What music is blaring in the prison when Khalid awakens in Chapter 18? What does this make Khalid think of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Masud Al-Dossadi in the narrative. What are Khalid’s impressions of Masud? In what ways does Khalid admire this character? How does Khalid compare his situation to that of Masud?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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