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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. What does Saeed dream about in Chapter 9?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) The city.
(d) His apartment in the city.

2. In the house where Saeed and Nadia live, how many other men are from their country?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) None.

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

4. In Chapter 9, when will Nadia and Saeed be able to have their own place?
(a) End of autumn.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) Beginning of winter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the House of the Children located in Chapter 8?

2. What does Saeed learn that his father died of in Chapter 9?

3. What day of the week did Saeed pray with his father during the weekly communal prayer?

4. What do Nadia and Saeed take from the kitchen in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 8, how far is the Pacific Ocean from the House of the Children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, what does Saeed learn about his father's death?

3. How do migrants take over London in Chapter 7?

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

5. How do Nadia and Saeed set up living quarters in Marin in Chapter 10?

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

7. What is known about the old woman in Palo Alto in Chapter 10?

8. What is life like in dark London in Chapter 8?

9. What happens in Venice in Chapter 6?

10. What type of room do Nadia and Saeed claim for themselves in Chapter 7 and why?

(see the answer keys)

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