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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 many of the refugees who came on a boat with Rashid and Zair drowned?

2. After the fall of the Wall, when would Richard and his wife walk in one of Kreuzberg's Western districts?

3. What is the name of a burly man wearing a red t-shirt with illegible script on it?

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

5. When did a man die in the lake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Richard learn when he reads the document signed by the Berlin Senate and the Africans?

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

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

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

7. Why do some Black men gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall in late August?

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

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

10. How did Sylvia become unemployed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Go, Went, Gone when relating conversations? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand people, emotions, events, or ideas?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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