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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 many pages did Richard write when he turned to work to get over his disappointment that his lover was cheating on him?
(a) Almost 100.
(b) Nearly 200.
(c) 110.
(d) 85.

2. How many of Richard's former students are tenured professors?
(a) 4 or 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2 or 3.
(d) 1.

3. What day of the week did a man die in the lake?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

4. What is Richard wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Long-sleeved shirt.
(b) T-shirt.
(c) Cardigan.
(d) Blazer.

5. In August, how many men gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall who decide to stop eating and drinking?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the first male refugees Richard is introduced to come from?

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

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

4. What type of sandwiches does Richard make for dinner in Chapter 3?

5. Where was Awad born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sylvia become unemployed?

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

4. What story is told about a construction worker who fell from a 365-meter tower for a fountain when it was being built?

5. Why does the woman who teaches German classes to the refugees think it is difficult for them to learn the language?

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

7. What is Richard's morning routine?

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

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

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

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