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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 name of the “scruffy handcuffed man sitting cross-legged on the bare concrete floor” in the room that the guards take Khalid to in Chapter 8?

2. The soldier named Michael tells Khalid in Chapter 12 that he’s what?

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?

4. What does Khalid do as the armed guard goes to take his breakfast from him in the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 13, the narrator states that there is nothing in the cell that holds Khalid aside from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Khalid doing when his character is introduced in Chapter 1? What worry concerns Khalid in the opening of the novel?

2. What does Khalid think about during his flight in the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. Whom does Khalid meet after being taken to the showers in Chapter 11?

4. How does Chapter 2 begin? What news does Khalid learn from his mother in the opening of the chapter?

5. Where is Khalid in the opening of Chapter 6? Where is he taken?

6. What questions are asked of Khalid by Angela and Bruce in Chapter 6? How does Khalid respond?

7. How is the process of waterboarding described in Chapter 14? How does Khalid respond to this torture?

8. Where is Khalid taken in Chapter 9? By what modes of transportation is he relocated?

9. How is the incident at the science lab explained in Chapter 1? Who was responsible for the incident?

10. How is Khalid’s processing described in Chapter 10? What does Khalid undergo upon arrival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Tariq in the novel. How old is Tariq? What video game has he developed in the beginning of the story? How does Khalid view his older cousin? How does Tariq's character evolve in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the game Bomber One which has been developed by Tariq in the novel. What are the objectives of the game? What other games does Khalid compare it to? What foreshadowing surrounds this game in the narrative? How many players are involved in the game?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the processing that Khalid undergoes when he arrives in Kandahar. What is the purpose of shaving the hair and facial hair of the prisoners? How do the older prisoners respond to this humiliation? How does it affect Khalid?

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