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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how long does Richard sit on a bench in the park and watch the refugees?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

2. How long has the young woman been teaching the refugees German?
(a) Since spring.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) Since the summer.
(d) 4 months.

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

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

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

6. 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) 85.
(c) Almost 100.
(d) Nearly 200.

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

8. What is the speed limit in front of the nursing home where the refugees are housed?
(a) 45 miles an hour.
(b) 35 miles an hour.
(c) 15 miles. an hour.
(d) 20 miles an hour.

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

10. Where does the boy come from in room 2019 who Richard interviews the second time he comes to interview the refugees?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Niger.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Algeria.

11. How long are refugees who come from Italy allowed to stay in Germany?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 5 months.

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

13. What languages do the men speak who gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall?
(a) English, German, and Swiss.
(b) English, French, and Italian.
(c) German, English, and Italian.
(d) English, French, and German.

14. What time of day does Rashid say he and the other men were attacked after a time of prayer during Eid Mubarak?
(a) Around 11 a.m.
(b) Just past noon.
(c) 10:30 a.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rashid have a scar?

2. Before Awad came to Germany, how many times had he slept in a tent?

3. What authors does Richard think he might read now that he is retired?

4. What color brick is the building where the refugees are housed in Chapter 12?

5. What fountain did Richard like to sit at the edge of between lectures when he was a student in the 1960s?

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