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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard goes to a meeting at the school in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, how long have some refugees been occupying the school?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 11 months.

2. After lunch on a rainy day in Chapter 4, how long of a nap does Richard take?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

3. What authors does Richard think he might read now that he is retired?
(a) Tolstoy or Hesse.
(b) Kafka or Balzac.
(c) Flaubert or Gogol.
(d) Proust or Dostoevsky.

4. What does Richard listen to when he eats breakfast in Chapter 8?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Bach.
(c) Strauss.
(d) Beethoven.

5. How old was Richard when his family left Silesia and resettled in Germany?
(a) An infant.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) A todder.

6. How many lines does the boy in room 2019 have inscribed on each cheek?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

7. After the fall of the Wall, when would Richard and his wife walk in one of Kreuzberg's Western districts?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Fridays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Saturdays.

8. When was the Wall torn down in Berlin?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1994.

9. What can Richard see from his desk?
(a) Woods.
(b) Lake.
(c) Castle.
(d) City.

10. How much are the refugees getting from the Senate monthly when they are housed in the old nursing home?
(a) 250 euros.
(b) 200 euros.
(c) 300 euros.
(d) 350 euros.

11. How many boxes of books did Richard and his wife have when they moved into their house 20 years ago?
(a) 117.
(b) 120.
(c) 80.
(d) 205.

12. When the lights go off at the occupied school, what is stolen from a refugee?
(a) Laptop.
(b) Books.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Money.

13. How long does it take three men to build a hut like the one the boy in room 2019 shows Richard?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 2 days.
(d) A week.

14. How deep is the lake?
(a) 15 meters.
(b) 18 meters.
(c) 9 meters.
(d) 11 meters.

15. On what square do the men gather who stop eating and drinking and are asking to be able to support themselves by working?
(a) Alexanderplatz.
(b) Bebelplatz.
(c) Potsdamer Platz.
(d) Gendarmenmarkt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard remember that his father was sent as a German soldier during the war?

2. How long has the young woman been teaching the refugees German?

3. How did Awad earn 80 euros when he was in Italy?

4. How many of Richard's former students are tenured professors?

5. How long ago was Richard's neighbor, Detlef employed as an interior design consultant?

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