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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. How long has it been since Rashid has seen his mother?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 13 years.

2. Where was Awad born?
(a) Angola.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Burundi.
(d) Cameroon.

3. How many days was Awad on the boat from Libya to Italy?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 7 days.

4. How long does it take three men to build a hut like the one the boy in room 2019 shows Richard?
(a) A week.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. What days of the week do the refugees have German class?
(a) Mondays and Wednesdays.
(b) Wednesdays and Fridays.
(c) Mondays and Thursdays.
(d) Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard listen to when he eats breakfast in Chapter 8?

2. Where does Richard drive to run errands on Saturday in Chapter 4?

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

4. What is the name of the archaeologist friend who Richard calls in Chapter 4?

5. After the fall of the Wall, when would Richard and his wife walk in one of Kreuzberg's Western districts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened the last time Rashid celebrated Eid Muharak?

3. What does Richard learn when he reads the document signed by the Berlin Senate and the Africans?

4. What happensw when the tents and shacks on the Oranienplatz are torn down?

5. What did Richard used to sell as a child, and why?

6. How did Sylvia become unemployed?

7. What is Awad's story?

8. Years ago, how did Richard deal with the discovery that his lover was cheating on him?

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

10. Why do some Black men gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall in late August?

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