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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. How long has it been since Rashid has seen his mother?

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

3. How old was Richard when his family left Silesia and resettled in Germany?

4. How long was the Easter German government in existence?

5. How long does it take three men to build a hut like the one the boy in room 2019 shows Richard?

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. How did Sylvia become unemployed?

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

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

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

6. How does Richard spend the next two weeks in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in Go, Went, Gone, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 3

Richard has viewed the world through an Eurocentric lens. What is a Eurocentric lens, and how does his understanding of the world transform in Go, Went, Gone and why?

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