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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. How long does it take Kim to return to Manhattan in Chapter 42?

2. In Chapter 24, what color are the man's eyes who asks if Raza is blending in with the scenery?

3. What was the name of Abdullah's father?

4. In Chapter 37, how many copies of Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes does Kim find in her father's apartment?

5. In Chapter 29, on a flight to where has Kim learned that a man tried to light a shoe bomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raza do when he sees police coming to the restaurant where he is meeting with Abdullah?

2. In Chapter 22, where does Raza think he and Abdullah are going, and why is it a problem that they do not go to Peshawar?

3. In Chapter 27, what type of work does Hiroko think that Harry and Raza are doing?

4. In Chapter 33, what does Raza learn about Abdullah?

5. What does Kim know her mother would say about her chosen profession?

6. How does Sajjad respond when Hiroko tells him that Raza is gone?

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

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

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

10. How did Raza end up working in Dubai, and what did he do there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech. What are allusions? How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

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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