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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Saeed was a child, why did he first pray?
(a) Out of obligation.
(b) Forced to do so by his parents.
(c) Out of curiosity.
(d) Forced to do so by his grandparents.

2. In Chapter 9, how long ago did the wife of the native driver of a digging machine come to England?
(a) 3 decades ago.
(b) 5 years ago.
(c) 10 years ago.
(d) 2 decades ago.

3. In Chapter 10, how long has it been since the death of the second husband of the old woman who had always lived in the same house?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 1 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 30 months.

4. In Chapter 7, what animal do Saeed and Nadia see in the garden?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Weasel.
(d) Fox.

5. In Chapter 10, where did the preacher's wife come from whose worship Saeed enjoys?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Spain.
(d) Saeed's country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Saeed and Nadia use for a sofa in Chapter 10?

2. What areas of London go dark in Chapter 7?

3. Where is the House of the Children located in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 10, how long has it been since Nadia and Saeed smoked weed together?

5. What surrounds the worker camp where Nadia and Saeed live in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is life like in dark London in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 6, where does Saeed's father go the day that Nadia and Saeed leave and why?

3. At the end of Chapter 9, why does Nadia suggest that she and Saeed move to Marin near San Francisco?

4. What do Saeed and Nadia find when they go to the rendezvous point in Chapter 6?

5. What is Saeed's foreman like in Chapter 9?

6. In Chapter 10, what is the place of worship like that Saeed attends?

7. What happens in Venice in Chapter 6?

8. Where do Nadia and Saeed find themselves at the beginning of Chapter 7?

9. What is the native situation in Marin in Chapter 10?

10. What do Nadia and Saeed buy when they get to the refugee camp in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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