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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. What can Richard see from his desk?
2. After how many years of being in uninterrupted asylum in Italy, may refugees look for work in Germany?
3. Where was Awad born?
4. What day of the week did a man die in the lake?
5. Where did Richard go on his first work trip after the fall of the Wall?
Short Essay Questions
1. Years ago, how did Richard deal with the discovery that his lover was cheating on him?
2. Who teaches German to the refugees housed at the old nursing home?
3. Why are the refugees upset when it is proposed that they be moved to a facility about five miles outside Buckow?
4. What is Richard's morning routine?
5. Why do some Black men gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall in late August?
6. Why does Awad know he will never forget Oranineplatz and will always revere its memory?
7. What is Richard's situation at the beginning of Chapter 1?
8. What does Richard notice as he is led through the building where the refugees are housed?
9. How does Richard spend the next two weeks in Chapter 5?
10. Why does the woman who teaches German classes to the refugees think it is difficult for them to learn the language?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Go, Went Gone? Why is it not history?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
The refugees are not allowed to work in Germany. Why is it ironic that the refugees are not allowed to work in Germany?
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