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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of advertising does Saeed's employer specialize in?

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

3. Where does Nadia work in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 5, what does the daughter of the family stare at as they move toward the beach?

5. In Chapter 3, how many of Saeed's fellow employees stop showing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how are funerals different than they were before the fighting?

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

3. In Chapter 3 after the assault on the stock exchange, how do the militants change their strategy?

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

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

6. Why does Saeed's father not wish to go with Nadia and Saeed when they leave?

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

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

9. Where would Nadia and Saeed like to travel and why?

10. At the end of Chapter 3, what is switched off and how does that affect Nadia, Saeed, and others in the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

London is divided into light and dark when it begins filling with migrants. What do light and dark represent in London? What do the darkness and the light reveal about structural inequalities in London?

Essay Topic 2

In London, the migrants are given the opportunity to work for land and access to utilities, but they still have very little status or say in government. How does the city give migrants the opportunity to work for land and access to utilities? What type of jobs are migrants allowed to perform? What jobs do natives perform? What do the jobs and living conditions that the migrants experience reveal about the status of migrants?

Essay Topic 3

Nadia and Saeed view relocations differently because of their perspective. How does Nadia focus on the future, and how does that help her adapt and adjust to her new life? How does Saeed focus on the past, and how does that influence the way that he adjusts to his new life? How do their outlooks determine how well they adapt to their new lives?

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