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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. Who helps Nadia gain the right to attend council sessions of the Nigerians?
(a) Old woman with a turban.
(b) Old man with two grandchildren.
(c) The family who live in the bedroom next door to Nadia and Saeed.
(d) The family who live in a room below Nadia and Saeed.

2. Where is Nadia injured when they run into a mob in Chapter 7?
(a) Eye.
(b) Lip.
(c) Wrist.
(d) Ankle.

3. What do the natives sell in Chapter 10?
(a) Rugs and dream catchers.
(b) Baked goods.
(c) Paintings and moccasins.
(d) Silver jewelry, soft leather garments and colorful textiles.

4. In Chapter 10, what crashes into Saeed and Nadia's shanty?
(a) Hummingbird.
(b) Drone.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Mourning dove.

5. At the end of Chapter 9, where does Nadia suggest she and Saeed go?
(a) Close to San Francisco.
(b) Denver.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Near Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who is the only family member who visits the old woman who has always lived in the same house?

2. In Chapter 10, where did the preacher's wife come from whose worship Saeed enjoys?

3. In Chapter 7, how many people end up living in the building where Nadia and Saeed stay?

4. What type of trees can Nadia and Saeed see from the room where they emerge in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 6 on Nadia and Saeed's first morning in the refugee camp, where is it rumored that a new door leads to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Saeed's foreman like in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 9, what at Nadia and Saeed working toward?

3. Where do Nadia and Saeed find themselves at the beginning of Chapter 7?

4. What do Saeed and Nadia find when they go to the rendezvous point in Chapter 6?

5. What is the native situation in Marin in Chapter 10?

6. What do Nadia and Saeed buy when they get to the refugee camp in Chapter 6?

7. In Chapter 8, where does Saeed begin spending time and why?

8. At the end of Chapter 8, why do Saeed, Nadia, and their neighbors celebrate?

9. What happens in Venice in Chapter 6?

10. What happens when an accountant in Kentish Town finds a door in Chapter 7?

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