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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 do Nadia and Saeed use to build a shelter in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 7, what type of vaccination does a boy administer to those living in the house where Nadia and Saeed are staying?

3. In Chapter 10, how long has it been since the death of the second husband of the old woman who had always lived in the same house?

4. What does Saeed dream about in Chapter 9?

5. What surrounds the worker camp where Nadia and Saeed live in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Nadia and Saeed find another door in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Nadia and Saeed view relocations differently because of their perspective. How does Nadia focus on the future, and how does that help her adapt and adjust to her new life? How does Saeed focus on the past, and how does that influence the way that he adjusts to his new life? How do their outlooks determine how well they adapt to their new lives?

Essay Topic 3

When the militants first arrive, Saeed’s family’s apartment is a safe place from the violence of the streets. How does the violence begin to affect the sanctity of the apartment? How does the death of Saeed’s mother transform their place from sanctuary to place of danger? What does the change of the apartment from sanctuary to place of danger reveal about war and safe places?

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