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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 comes into the grove where Hiroto and Sajjad consummate their marriage?

2. From what university was the professor who taught Sajjad and his sister English when they were children?

3. What video does Kim get in Chapter 17?

4. In "Veiled Birds," Chapter 1, how long ago did James fall from a horse?

5. In "Veiled Birds," Chapter 4, how long has Hiroko been studying Urdu?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, why is Hiroko staying with the Burtons?

2. In Chapter 1, who sent Konrad to Nagasaki and why?

3. What negotiations does Hiroko remember that she and Sajjad made during their first years of marriage?

4. Why does Raza go to see Abdullah, and what does Abdullah promise him?

5. Why does Sajjad have second thoughts about asking Hiroko to marry him in Chapter 9?

6. How does Hiroko explain her relationship with Konrad to Elizabeth and James Burton?

7. What does Hiroto's back look like?

8. Why does Salma say that no one will give their daughter in marriage to Raza?

9. Where does Konrad keep his journals and why?

10. What ultimatum does Altamash give Iqbal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Konrad and Hiroko were both being watched by the police. Why were Konrad and Hiroko being watched by the police? Were they traitors or just suspected of being traitors because of their backgrounds?

Essay Topic 2

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

Elizabeth and James have been married for over a decade by the 1940s. What type of relationship did they have when they were first married? How has their relationship changed and why does Elizabeth seek a divorce?

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