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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. In Chapter 5, where do Nadia and Saeed meet an agent?

2. In Chapter 3, how long after independence did telephone lines remain a rare thing?

3. In Chapter 3, what type of vehicle does Saeed scrape when he is driving to Nadia's?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Saeed bring to Nadia's to eat?

5. What did Saeed's mother used to do as an occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how does Saeed limit the use of his phone?

2. In Chapter 1, hat is the topic of conversation when Saeed and Nadia first have coffee?

3. In Chapter 4, how does Saeed try to find Nadia when the phones are shut off?

4. In Chapter 2, who has Nadia been seeing and where did they meet?

5. At the end of Chapter 3, what is switched off and how does that affect Nadia, Saeed, and others in the city?

6. In Chapter 4, what happens to Saeed's mother?

7. In Chapter 5, where does Saeed's father go every day?

8. How did Saeed's parents meet?

9. In Chapter 4, how does Nadia spend her lunch hours?

10. In Chapter 5, how are funerals different than they were before the fighting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the militants first arrive, Saeed’s family’s apartment is a safe place from the violence of the streets. How does the violence begin to affect the sanctity of the apartment? How does the death of Saeed’s mother transform their place from sanctuary to place of danger? What does the change of the apartment from sanctuary to place of danger reveal about war and safe places?

Essay Topic 2

Nadia and Saeed experience good and bad as they move from refugee camp to refugee camp. What do their experiences reveal about charity and exploitation in difficult times?

Essay Topic 3

Many women who wear robes like the ones that Nadia wears are religious women who devote time to prayer. Is Nadia a religious person? Why does Nadia wear her robe? How does the robe symbolize Nadia’s desire to protect herself? What does the way that she continues to wear the robe reveal about Nadia and her self-protective instincts?

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