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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 is served for dinner in Chapter 8 when a woman comes for her daughter at the House of the Children?

2. In Chapter 6, where does the young woman who plans to visit the migrants at the zoo work?

3. In Chapter 10, how long has it been since Nadia and Saeed smoked weed together?

4. What does Saeed dream about in Chapter 9?

5. Where do Nadia and Saeed find themselves when they go through a door in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the native situation in Marin in Chapter 10?

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

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

5. In Chapter 9, what disasters are reported?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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