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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Karon think a property in Ghana would cost that would be big enough for his family to feed themselves?
(a) 1,000 to 1,200 euros.
(b) 3,000 to 4,000 euros.
(c) 1,500 to 2,000 euros.
(d) 2,000 to 3,000 euros.

2. How long after death was the memorial ceremony for the father of the man with the broom?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

3. How many times have xenophobic Berliners set the information tent on fire that is still erected at Oranienplatz?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. The Sunday before Advent, with what does Richard cover his parents' graves?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Spruce branches.
(c) Fir branches.
(d) Roses.

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

6. In what room are blood samples taken to see who has had chicken pox before?
(a) 4118.
(b) 4037.
(c) 4112.
(d) 4015.

7. What does it cost for an asylum application?
(a) 350 euros.
(b) 400 euros.
(c) 450 euros.
(d) 500 euros.

8. In Chapter 28, which of the refugees does Richard ask to help him in his garden on the weekend?
(a) Yussuf.
(b) Ali.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Osarobo.

9. Who does Richard drive to the school where the refugees go for a German class?
(a) Ali.
(b) Khalil.
(c) Rufu.
(d) Yussuf.

10. What day of the week does Osarobo visit Richard?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

11. How many people did the man with the broom have to provide for after his father died?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

12. 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) Yussuf.
(b) Abdusalam.
(c) Ithemba.
(d) Khalil.

13. Where are Detlef and Sylvia spending Christmas?
(a) Stuttgart.
(b) HamBurg.
(c) Munich.
(d) Potsdam.

14. What was Rashid's bank account number?
(a) 97148.
(b) 1937.
(c) 2074.
(d) 58632.

15. When Rashid spends Christmas with Richard, how long has it been since his wife divorced him?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 9 months.
(c) A year.
(d) 18 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Richard's parents buried?

2. When did Eugen Levine refer to himself and his comrades as "dead men on holiday" (167)?

3. When Richard starts working with the advanced refugee students taking German, how many students does he teach?

4. How many Soviet soldiers died trying to liberate Berlin?

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

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