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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Richard remember that his father was sent as a German soldier during the war?
(a) Poland and Czechoslovakia.
(b) Belgium and the Netherlands.
(c) Norway and Russia.
(d) France and Yugoslavia.

3. Where do the first male refugees Richard is introduced to come from?
(a) Mali.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Nigeria.

4. When did a man die in the lake?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) June.

5. What is the name of the archaeologist friend who Richard calls in Chapter 4?
(a) William.
(b) Peter.
(c) Ian.
(d) Mark.

6. In Chapter 7, for how many years has Richard come home to his garden in autumn?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 23.
(d) 15.

7. What fountain did Richard like to sit at the edge of between lectures when he was a student in the 1960s?
(a) Bear.
(b) Marchenbrunnen.
(c) Marchenbrunnen.
(d) Neptune.

8. How long ago was Richard's neighbor, Detlef employed as an interior design consultant?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

9. What type of tea does Richard drink every morning?
(a) Chamomile.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) English breakfast.
(d) Earl Grey.

10. How many pages did Richard write when he turned to work to get over his disappointment that his lover was cheating on him?
(a) 110.
(b) Almost 100.
(c) 85.
(d) Nearly 200.

11. When did Richard find himself suddenly the citizen of a different country?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1990.

12. What contagious disease is discovered at the old nursing home where the refugees are housed?
(a) Chickenpox.
(b) Measles.
(c) Ebola.
(d) Tuberculosis.

13. How did Awad earn 80 euros when he was in Italy?
(a) Cleaning a kitchen and washing dishes.
(b) Mucking out a pig pen.
(c) Bailing hay.
(d) Cleaning a garage.

14. After how many years of being in uninterrupted asylum in Italy, may refugees look for work in Germany?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

15. What is Richard wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Blazer.
(b) Cardigan.
(c) T-shirt.
(d) Long-sleeved shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the fall of the Wall, when would Richard and his wife walk in one of Kreuzberg's Western districts?

2. How many boxes of books did Richard and his wife have when they moved into their house 20 years ago?

3. In Chapter 17, where does a security guard think the refugees may be transferred?

4. How old was Richard when his family left Silesia and resettled in Germany?

5. When did Sylvia, Richard's neighbor, fall ill?

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