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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Richard when his family left Silesia and resettled in Germany?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) An infant.
(d) A todder.

3. Where does Richard remember that his father was sent as a German soldier during the war?
(a) Norway and Russia.
(b) Poland and Czechoslovakia.
(c) Belgium and the Netherlands.
(d) France and Yugoslavia.

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

5. When did Sylvia, Richard's neighbor, fall ill?
(a) A year ago.
(b) 3 months ago.
(c) 6 months ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Wall torn down in Berlin?

2. 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?

3. How many pages did Richard write when he turned to work to get over his disappointment that his lover was cheating on him?

4. How much time in Chapter 9 does Richard spend reading several books about refugees?

5. In Chapter 8, how long does Richard sit on a bench in the park and watch the refugees?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the boy Richard calls Apollo tell Richard about himself?

2. How does Richard spend the next two weeks in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Awad know he will never forget Oranineplatz and will always revere its memory?

4. Why does Richard not return to speak to the refugees on Thursday in Chapter 14?

5. What does Richard notice as he is led through the building where the refugees are housed?

6. How old was Richard when his family left Silesia and resettled in Germany, and how was he separated and then reunited with his family?

7. What is Richard's morning routine?

8. How did Sylvia become unemployed?

9. Who teaches German to the refugees housed at the old nursing home?

10. Why are the refugees upset when it is proposed that they be moved to a facility about five miles outside Buckow?

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