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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the police are at Spandau to oversee 12 refugees leave, who comes running out of the building asking to be left in peace?
(a) Abdusalam.
(b) Ithemba.
(c) Khalil.
(d) Yussuf.

2. How long are the staff members at the former nursing home under contracted to work with the refugees?
(a) A year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 3 months.

3. What does Richard serve for Christmas dinner?
(a) Duck.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Chicken thighs.
(d) Goose legs.

4. 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) 10 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. What instrument did Richard's wife, Cristel, play?
(a) Cello.
(b) Viola.
(c) Harp.
(d) Violin.

6. Who helps Anne with her 90-year-old mother when the Polish health-care aide goes to see her family over Christmas?
(a) Khalil.
(b) Yaya.
(c) Ali.
(d) Awad.

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

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

9. What present does Richard give Rashid for Chrsitmas?
(a) Winter jacket.
(b) Hat, scarf, and gloves.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Gift card.

10. Who does a senator tell Richard got sent to the psychiatric clinic over Christmas?
(a) Osarobo.
(b) Rufu.
(c) Moussa.
(d) Karon.

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

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

13. How long ago is it believed that the ancestors of the Tuareg came from what is modern Syria?
(a) More than 3,000 years.
(b) About 2,500 years.
(c) 2,900 years.
(d) 1,8080 years.

14. In Chapter 38, how long has Rashid been trying to find Khalil's parents on Feacebook?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

15. What chore would Richard's mother sometime do when he practiced playing the piano?
(a) Washing dishes.
(b) Dusting.
(c) Sweeping.
(d) Ironing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Awad been awake in Chapter 27?

2. How much money does Richard figure the refugees have to live on after expenses?

3. How many euros are the refugees given for a transit pass?

4. When the refugees lived in tents on Oranienplatz, how many toiles were available for 476 people after the sanitation trailer was attacked?

5. What Italian city did Osarobo go to in December?

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