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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Richard have for lunch?

2. When the lights go off at the occupied school, what is stolen from a refugee?

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

4. How long has Osarobo been in Europe?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eid Mubarak and how is it celebrated?

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

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

4. Why does Richard go to a former school in Kreuzberg?

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

6. What is Richard's situation at the beginning of Chapter 1?

7. How did Sylvia become unemployed?

8. Why is no one at the lake that Richard can see from the desk in his home office?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personification is a literary device that assigns human qualities—such as emotions or behaviors—to objects, animals, or ideas. How does Erpenbeck use personification in Go, Went, Gone?

Essay Topic 2

The refugees are not allowed to work in Germany. Why is it ironic that the refugees are not allowed to work in Germany?

Essay Topic 3

Richard has a comfortable life, and he does not have to worry about shelter or food. The refugees do not have permanent housing and often struggle to survive. How would you describe the economic disparity between Richard’s life and the lives of the refugees, and how it affects the refugees' day-to-day lives?

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