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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. When did Nadia move out of her family's house?

2. In Chapter 3, what type of music do Nadia and Saeed listen to after being intimate?

3. In Chapter 3, how long after independence did telephone lines remain a rare thing?

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

5. In Chapter 1 when Saeed and his parents star gaze on the balcony, what do they drink?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, why is Saeed grateful that Nadia is with him and his father?

3. How is the place described where Saeed lives with his parents?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Saeed's parents 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

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 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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