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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 ago was Richard's neighbor, Detlef employed as an interior design consultant?

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

3. What the the date of the book Negerliteratur?

4. What is Richard wearing in Chapter 1?

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 does Richard go to a former school in Kreuzberg?

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

3. What happened the last time Rashid celebrated Eid Muharak?

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

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

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

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

8. What is Richard's morning routine?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Richard goes to speak with the refugees, he is curious and wants something to do. As he spends time with them, he becomes an active participant in their lives. How does Richard become an active participant in the refugees’ lives?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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