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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. In Chapter 4, who does Saeed's mother think she sees firing a machine gun from the back of a pickup truck?

2. What is the man wearing in Chapter 2, who is nursing a drink he has not paid for?

3. What weapons does the brave man have in Chapter 4?

4. What class are Saeed and Nadia attending in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 4, how soon does the second man join the fighting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what happens to a man who sells shrooms?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 3, how does Saeed limit the use of his phone?

7. In Chapter 4, what does Nadia see the two times she passes her family's home in Chapter 4?

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

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

10. In Chapter 5, what things is Nadia able to get from her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the militants first arrive, Saeed’s family’s apartment is a safe place from the violence of the streets. How does the violence begin to affect the sanctity of the apartment? How does the death of Saeed’s mother transform their place from sanctuary to place of danger? What does the change of the apartment from sanctuary to place of danger reveal about war and safe places?

Essay Topic 2

Conditions change in the city when war comes. How does war affect the city? How does the war affect society and the people who live in the city?

Essay Topic 3

When the militants begin to take over, windows change from being sources of light and air. Instead they become a fragile barrier that cannot stop bullets or other hazards. What do windows represent during peace? What do windows represent during war time? How does the meaning and symbolism of windows change from peace time to war time?

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