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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, whose grave do Nadia and Saeed visit?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her grandfather's.
(c) Her cousin's.
(d) Her uncle's.

2. What does Nadia serve when people pay their condolences to Saeed and his father in Chapter 5?
(a) Water and cracker.
(b) Tea and cookies.
(c) Tea, bread, and butter.
(d) Tea, biscuits, and water.

3. In Chapter 3, what do militants take over at the same time that Nadia signs for a package of foodstuffs?
(a) Police station.
(b) Stock exchange.
(c) Court house.
(d) Girls' school.

4. At Nadia's workplace, who is it rumored to have fled abroad?
(a) The president and vice president of the company.
(b) Her manager.
(c) His boss and her boss's boss.
(d) The president of the company.

5. In Chapter 3, what do Saeed and Nadia have on the night they first become physically intimate?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Shrooms.
(d) Marijuana.

6. In Chapter 5, what language does the family speak that emerges from an interior service door?
(a) Bodo.
(b) Tamil.
(c) Sindhi.
(d) Nepali.

7. When does Nadia move to Saeed's place?
(a) 2 weeks after his mother's funeral.
(b) Week after his mother's funeral.
(c) 2 days after his mother's funeral.
(d) Day of his mother's funeral.

8. In Chapter 3, what type of tree does Nadia have in a pot on her terrace?
(a) Lime.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Papaya.
(d) Orange.

9. In Chapter 3, what type of vehicle does Saeed scrape when he is driving to Nadia's?
(a) Lexus.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) SUV.
(d) Hummer.

10. What type of beard does Saeed have?
(a) Stubble.
(b) Full.
(c) Van Dyke.
(d) Verdi.

11. In Chapter 2, when did the man who was in the bar nursing a drink remember beating a half-Filipino boy?
(a) 5th grade.
(b) 6th grade.
(c) High school.
(d) Junior high.

12. How many employees does Saeed's employer have in Chapter 1?
(a) Over a dozen.
(b) About a half a dozen.
(c) 24.
(d) 15.

13. In Chapter 5, what does the daughter of the family stare at as they move toward the beach?
(a) Surfers.
(b) Skydivers.
(c) Swimmers.
(d) Remote cameras.

14. In Chapter 5, where does Nadia have her money and gold coins when she takes things from her apartment?
(a) In her underwear.
(b) Under the seat of Saeed's car.
(c) Dirt of a lemon tree.
(d) Money belt under her robe.

15. In Chapter 3, what does Saeed bring to Nadia's to eat?
(a) Beef and bread.
(b) Chicken, lamb, and bread.
(c) Rice and chicken.
(d) Kebabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how does Saeed travel to have dinner with Nadia?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Saeed pick up for dinner after work?

3. In Chapter 5 after taking things from Nadia's apartment, what do Saeed and Nadia pay to get past a militant checkpoint?`

4. In Chapter 5, how many trenches are dug in the courtyard of Saeed's apartment building for public toilets?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Nadia always wear?

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