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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles have the refugees heard that the bus stop is from the place where the Senate wants to transfer them in Chapter 17?
(a) 2 1/2 miles.
(b) 3 1/2 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

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

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

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

5. How much time in Chapter 9 does Richard spend reading several books about refugees?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 5 days.

6. In what field did the young woman who teaches the refugees German get her degree?
(a) History.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Botany.
(d) Philosopy.

7. In Chapter 17, where does a security guard think the refugees may be transferred?
(a) Dahmsdorf.
(b) 5 miles outside Buckow.
(c) Hasenholz.
(d) 5 miles outside Ruhlsdorf.

8. 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) Gendarmenmarkt.
(c) Potsdamer Platz.
(d) Bebelplatz.

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

10. Where does Rashid have a scar?
(a) Under his eye.
(b) Left arm.
(c) Right hand.
(d) Across his forehead.

11. How tall is the fountain that has terraces arranged like a staircase?
(a) 287 meters.
(b) 365 meters.
(c) 205 meters.
(d) 343 meters.

12. How many friends does Richard see every year at a party his neighbors, Detlef and Sylvia, host?
(a) 20-25.
(b) 12-15.
(c) 10-12.
(d) 18-20.

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

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

15. How many daughter's did Rashid's father have before Rashid was born?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over the next two weeks in Chapter 5, how many times does Richard go to physical therapy?

2. What days of the week do the refugees have German class?

3. How many of the refugees who came on a boat with Rashid and Zair drowned?

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

5. When Richard enters the area where the refugees are house for the first time, how many young men are sitting holding a cue, but not playing pool?

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