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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. Where does a door open in Chapter 8 for a woman who has a daughter at the House of the Children?

2. What does Saeed dream about in Chapter 9?

3. What do Saeed and Nadia use for a sofa in Chapter 10?

4. What does Saeed learn that his father died of in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 7, how many people die in London when a mob gathers in Palace Gardens Terrace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Venice in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 9, what disasters are reported?

3. What is life like in dark London in Chapter 8?

4. How do Nadia and Saeed set up living quarters in Marin in Chapter 10?

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

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

7. In Chapter 9, what does Saeed learn about his father's death?

8. In Chapter 10, what is the place of worship like that Saeed attends?

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

10. When did Saeed begin attending the weekly communal prayer with his father, and what was the experience like for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nadia adapts more easily to her new surroundings than Saeed. What was Nadia like in the city? How do those characteristics help her adapt to new surroundings when migrating?

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

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?

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