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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 3, what type of vehicle does Saeed scrape when he is driving to Nadia's?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Saeed's father see young men playing with near his wife's grave?

3. At the end of Chapter 5, what do migrants do to those they leave behind?

4. What was Nadia's favorite subject when she was a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is said about Nadia and school at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Saeed became interested in prayer as a young child. How did Saeed become interested in prayer? What did prayer start to mean for Saeed as a young teen? How is prayer even more important to Saeed as he moves from place to place? What does prayer mean to Saeed in Marin?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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