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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. Of whose capture does Khalid’s new lawyer tell him about in Chapter 24?

2. What is the title of Chapter 27?

3. What is the name of the man with the library cart that offers Khalid used books to read in Chapter 20?

4. What British soccer player frequents Khalid’s delusions and fantasies in his delirium in Chapter 17?

5. What is the phrase that Khalid was taught in school in order to learn the color spectrum?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Khalid’s speech at the assembly described in Chapter 29? How do the students respond?

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

3. Who greets Khalid on the airplane in Chapter 26? What conversation takes place between Khalid and this character during the flight?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who greets Khalid in the interrogation room in Chapter 26? What information do these characters relate?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history and traditions of Ramadan and the symbolism of the jinn within Arabic literature and religion. What do the jinn look like? Why do you think these mythological creatures appear to Khalid in Chapter 19? Do they bring Khalid peace or anxiety? Why?

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

Analyze the character of Abdul Al-Farran. How old does Abdul tell Khalid he is? What does he say was his greatest error in his arrest? What happens to Abdul in the story? How does Khalid respond?

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