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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. Where is the young woman from who teaches the refugees German?

2. How did Awad earn 80 euros when he was in Italy?

3. Where does the boy come from in room 2019 who Richard interviews the second time he comes to interview the refugees?

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

5. How long are refugees who come from Italy allowed to stay in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sylvia become unemployed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What habit did Richard and his wife get into after the fall of the Wall?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Institutional barriers can include legal restrictions, bureaucratic systems, and the challenges of adapting to another culture. What institutional barriers do the refugees deal with, and why are those barriers invisible to Richard when he first meets the refugees?

Essay Topic 2

Richard experiences a shift in his perspective and how he views the world as he gets to know the refugees. What does he mean when he is reminded by his visits with the refugees, "that one person's vantage point is just as valid as another's, and in seeing, there is no right, no wrong" (55).

Essay Topic 3

Refugees are individuals who are forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disasters. What role did war play in making the men refugees whom Richard comes to know?

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