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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 32, how many summers ago did Hiroko arrive in New York?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Ilse remember was the name of Kim's ex-husband?

3. How long did Raza spend in Dubai after Sajjad's death?

4. Where does Hiroko meet Abdullah in Chapter 35?

5. In Chapter 22, where does Raza think that he and Abdullah are going?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sajjad die?

2. In Chapter 30, what are Kim's reasons for moving to New York City?

3. Why is Raza sent back home from the training camp?

4. What does Raza know about Abdullah's family?

5. In Chapter 21, what does Harry Burton remember that Hiroko told him when Sajjad had asked him to leave?

6. What accounted for Raza's confidence and re-emergence of a love for learning in Chapter 22?

7. What is the part of the journey Raza takes by ship to Canada like?

8. How does Sajjad spend his days after Raza disappears?

9. How did Abdullah learn English?

10. In Chapter 29, why is Kim worried when she cannot reach her father on the phone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hiroko and Yoshi are worried about the threat of nuclear war between Pakistan and India. Why are Hiroko and Yoshi worried about the threat of nuclear war between Pakistan and India? Why is the conflict personal for them?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Hiroko did not want to live after the bomb. What changes in her life did Hiroko have to endure after the bomb? How did she survive all those changes?

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