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

2. When was the Wall torn down in Berlin?

3. What type of sandwiches does Richard make for dinner in Chapter 3?

4. In what field did the young woman who teaches the refugees German get her degree?

5. Where does Rashid have a scar?

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

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

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

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. What is Richard's morning routine?

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

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

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

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

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 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Erpenbeck use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters she has created?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Go, Went, Gone? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters or events?

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