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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 day of the week did Saeed pray with his father during the weekly communal prayer?

2. Where is the House of the Children located in Chapter 8?

3. What do the natives sell in Chapter 10?

4. What injury does Nadia have treated at the end of Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 10, where did the preacher's wife come from whose worship Saeed enjoys?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 8, where is electricity still to be found?

2. What do Nadia and Saeed buy when they get to the refugee camp in Chapter 6?

3. What happens in Venice in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 7, what happens when a housekeeper arrives to work at the house where Nadia and Saeed are staying?

5. What is Saeed's foreman like in Chapter 9?

6. What do Saeed and Nadia find when they go to the rendezvous point in Chapter 6?

7. In Chapter 7 when it is dark, who begin to emerge from the upstairs room where Nadia and Saeed emerged?

8. At the end of Chapter 8, why do Saeed, Nadia, and their neighbors celebrate?

9. In Chapter 8, where does Saeed begin spending time and why?

10. At the end of Chapter 9, why does Nadia suggest that she and Saeed move to Marin near San Francisco?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nadia and Saeed experience good and bad as they move from refugee camp to refugee camp. What do their experiences reveal about charity and exploitation in difficult times?

Essay Topic 2

The mood in the novel changes as war encroaches on the city, and Nadia and Saeed have to leave their city. What is the mood of the novel during the scenes in the city? How does the mood change as Nadia and Saeed move? What is the overall mood of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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