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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day residents of Spandau have to leave, when does a senator say that Rashid was supposed to have had a surgery for a severe cardiac condition?
(a) 3 months ago.
(b) 6 months ago.
(c) 5 weeks ago.
(d) 11 weeks ago.

2. Who always sees Richard to the exit when Richard visits the refugees in Spandau?
(a) Abdusalam.
(b) Zair.
(c) Rufu.
(d) Rashid.

3. When do Rashid, Apollo, and Ithemba celebrate their birthdays?
(a) January 1.
(b) January 30.
(c) December 30.
(d) February 1.

4. How many Soviet soldiers died trying to liberate Berlin?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 65,000.

5. How many men in an all-male sextet that sang "A Friend, A Good Friend" in 1930 fled to America?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

6. Where will men be taking a language course at a community college after the Egyptian teacher leaves?
(a) Rudolfkiez.
(b) Admiralbrucke.
(c) Schonberg.
(d) Kreuzberg.

7. By the time Richard speaks to a man with a broom, how long has the advent wreath been standing on his living room table?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 5 years.

8. Where are Richard's parents buried?
(a) Dorotheenstadt.
(b) Friedhof Grunewald-Forst.
(c) Invalidenfriedhof.
(d) Berlin-Pankow.

9. What does Richard pay Tristan to rake leaves for two hours?
(a) 40 euros.
(b) 50 euros.
(c) 30 euros.
(d) 20 euros.

10. How old was the thin man with a broom when he was left with his stepmother?
(a) 8 or 9.
(b) 9 or 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

11. What was the name of the hospital where Richard's mother died?
(a) St. Hedwig.
(b) Franziskus-Krankenhaus.
(c) Park-Klinik.
(d) Charite

12. When Richard starts working with the advanced refugee students taking German, how many students does he teach?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

13. After talking to the staff taking blood, who does Richard notice going out?
(a) Osarobo.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Rashid.
(d) Awad.

14. In Richard's library, how many of his books are in Italian?
(a) 5.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 1.

15. What does Richard have to drink with the meal he shares with the refugees in Chapter 34?
(a) Date milk.
(b) Water.
(c) Almond milk.
(d) Fruit juice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days would it take Rashid to make a large metal gate for a driveway?

2. Who does Richard drive to the school where the refugees go for a German class?

3. When was Apollo born?

4. In Chapter 28, which of the refugees does Richard ask to help him in his garden on the weekend?

5. How old were Rashid's children when he left?

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