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

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

3. In Chapter 3, what do Saeed and Nadia have on the night they first become physically intimate?

4. In Chapter 3, where does the ex-Navy man live?

5. In Chapter 2 when Nadia and Saeed go to her place, how many checkpoints do they have to pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nadia do with the money she withdraws from her bank in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 4, what happens to Saeed's mother?

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

4. Why is Saeed surprised when he sees Nadia's mode of transportation in Chapter 1?

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

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

7. In Chapter 1, how are Saeed and Nadia described?

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

9. How did Saeed's parents meet?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 find different ways to adapt to life in London. What different ways do they find to help them adapt to their new life? How do the different ways that they adjust affect their relationship? What does their adaptation to their new life reveal about acclimatization?

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