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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how much time does Saeed spend in the evenings browsing the internet?
(a) A half an hour.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) An hour.
(d) 2 hours.

2. In Chapter 2, where does Nadia say that she would like to travel?
(a) Cuba.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) United States.

3. Where does Nadia have a beauty mark?
(a) Cheek.
(b) Arm.
(c) Neck.
(d) Hand.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Saeed's father do for a living?
(a) Professor.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Architect.
(d) Doctor.

5. In Chapter 2, who has Nadia been seeing before Saeed?
(a) Co-worker.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Musician.

6. In Chapter 3, what type of music do Nadia and Saeed listen to after being intimate?
(a) Reggae.
(b) Classical.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Bossa nova.

7. In Chapter 5, who emerges from an interior service door?
(a) Father, daughters, and sons.
(b) Parents and 4 children.
(c) Parents and 3 children.
(d) Mother, father, daughter, and son.

8. In Chapter 3, how long after independence did telephone lines remain a rare thing?
(a) Decades.
(b) About 15 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 25 years.

9. In Chapter 5, how many trenches are dug in the courtyard of Saeed's apartment building for public toilets?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

10. In Chapter 5, what does Saeed's father ask of Nadia?
(a) To stay with Saeed until he is out of danger.
(b) To marry Saeed.
(c) To send him pictures.
(d) To write to him.

11. At the end of Chapter 2, where did the young soldier grow up who is looking down on the city?
(a) Countryside.
(b) Seoul.
(c) Small village.
(d) Bangkok.

12. In Chapter 3, how many of Saeed's fellow employees stop showing up?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

13. In Chapter 4, what merchants disappear that Saeed's mother knew?
(a) Coffee merchant and fish monger.
(b) Man who ran the vegetable stand and butcher.
(c) Butcher and man who dyed fabrics.
(d) Fruit seller and baker.

14. In Chapter 4, on a weekend what time does Nadia go to her bank?
(a) Lunch time.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) Dawn.
(d) 8 a.m.

15. In Chapter 5, what separates the trenches dug in the courtyard of Saeed's apartment building?
(a) Curtains.
(b) Drapes.
(c) Heavy sheet.
(d) Old robes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of beard does Saeed have?

3. What does Nadia feel like she is doing in Chapter 5 to Saeed's father?

4. In Chapter 1, how long after Saeed first asks Nadia to coffee, do they have coffee in the cafeteria?

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

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