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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 does Nadia serve when people pay their condolences to Saeed and his father in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 2, where does Saeed wish to travel?

3. In Chapter 3, how many weekends after the curfew are Nadia and Saeed able to meet?

4. In Chapter 4 what is Saeed's mother looking for in the car?

5. In Chapter 3, how much time does Saeed spend in the evenings browsing the internet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nadia call Saeed's father in Chapter 5 and why?

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

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

5. In Chapter 5, where does Saeed's father go every day?

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 2, who has Nadia been seeing and where did they meet?

10. In Chapter 1, hat is the topic of conversation when Saeed and Nadia first have coffee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Having an influx of people go through doors and migrate around the world, puts a strain on resources in the places where they go. What is revealed about migration through Nadia and Saeed’s experiences? How do various places deal with the migrant crisis?

Essay Topic 2

Before the city falls to the militants, phones are common and Nadia and Saeed always have theirs with them. What do phones represent to Nadia and Saeed in the city? How does the loss of phones affect them when there is no signal in the city? What do phones symbolize to Nadia and Saeed during their travels?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses foreshadowing to provide hints to readers of events to come. What are some events that are foreshadowed in the novel? How does the foreshadowing affect suspense in the novel? How does it affect the storyline?

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