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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, where are the girls from that the man who was nursing a drink sees when he goes outside?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Philippines.
(d) Malaysia.

3. In Chapter 1, what does Saeed pick up for dinner after work?
(a) Fresh vegetables.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Bread.
(d) Fish.

4. In Chapter 5, where do Nadia and Saeed meet an agent?
(a) Village market.
(b) Nadia's old apartment.
(c) Burnt-out shopping center.
(d) Burnt-out school.

5. In Chapter 5, what does Saeed's father see young men playing with near his wife's grave?
(a) Human head.
(b) Soccer ball.
(c) Football.
(d) Goat's head.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what type of music do Nadia and Saeed listen to after being intimate?

2. In Chapter 4, when Saeed tries to find Nadia's office, how many numbers can the operator give him when he calls information?

3. Where did Saeed's parents meet?

4. In Chapter 1, what type of tattoo does the woman have who is sleeping in Sydney, Australia?

5. In Chapter 3, what do Saeed and Nadia have on the night they first become physically intimate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Nadia's relationship been like with her family?

2. In Chapter 2, what is the refugee situation?

3. In Chapter 4, how does Saeed try to find Nadia when the phones are shut off?

4. In Chapter 4, what happens to Saeed's mother?

5. How does Nadia say goodbye to the man she has been seeing in Chapter 2?

6. In Chapter 1, how does Saeed usually prepare presentations for clients?

7. How did Saeed's parents meet?

8. In Chapter 4, who does Saeed's mother think she sees firing a machine gun?

9. In Chapter 1, when Saeed asks Nadia to coffee, how much fighting has the city seen where they live?

10. In Chapter 3, what is said about the city getting telephone after independence?

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