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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 areas of London go dark in Chapter 7?

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

3. When Nadia and Saeed go outside after going through the door in Chapter 6, what do they see?

4. In Chapter 10, where are the few remaining natives sometimes seen in Marin?

5. In Chapter 6 on Nadia and Saeed's first morning in the refugee camp, where is it rumored that a new door leads to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Nadia and Saeed find themselves at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 6, where does Saeed's father go the day that Nadia and Saeed leave and why?

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

4. What type of room do Nadia and Saeed claim for themselves in Chapter 7 and why?

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

6. How do migrants take over London in Chapter 7?

7. What happens in Venice in Chapter 6?

8. What is known about the old woman in Palo Alto in Chapter 10?

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

10. What happens when an accountant in Kentish Town finds a door in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nadia and Saeed both have dreams in Chapter 9. What are their dreams? What do these dreams reveal about Nadia and Saeed’s focus on the past and present? What do the dreams reveal about the comfort level that Nadia and Saeed have in their new lives and how they face the future?

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

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?

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