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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 5, what separates the trenches dug in the courtyard of Saeed's apartment building?

2. In Chapter 5, how many trenches are dug in the courtyard of Saeed's apartment building for public toilets?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 2, where did the young soldier grow up who is looking down on the city?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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