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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 the 1960s, into how many countries did the French divide the reigion the Tuareg traditionally inhabited?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

3. When Rashid and his children were on the boats, how many days did they have nothing to eat or drink?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. How many pairs of pants does Awad have that he packed for the proposed move to Spandau?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. How much does Richard pay Apollo for helping him with chores?
(a) 75 euros.
(b) 25 euros.
(c) 50 euros.
(d) 20 euros.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the hospital where Richard's mother died?

2. What hours did the man with the broom work in a yam field?

3. How old was the thin man with the broom when he got his first cutlass?

4. The Sunday before Advent, with what does Richard cover his parents' graves?

5. Where will men be taking a language course at a community college after the Egyptian teacher leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard give Anne, the photographer, Ali's contact information?

2. What is the room like where Richard has a piano, and how has the room been used over the years?

3. What has been learned about the original inhabitants of Liby from satellite images?

4. Why does Richard drive Rufu to the school where the refugees are to take German language classes?

5. How do the refugees use their phones?

6. Where is it thought that the ancestors of the Tuareg came from?

7. Why do staff members want to take blood samples from the refugees?

8. What dreams did the thin man with the broom have and how did they seem to have a basis in reality?

9. What are Richard's friends doing for Christmas?

10. What police presence is at Spandau when 12 men are to be moved?

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