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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. In Chapter 17, where does a security guard think the refugees may be transferred?
2. What the the date of the book Negerliteratur?
3. In Chapter 8, how long does Richard sit on a bench in the park and watch the refugees?
4. What type of tea does Richard drink every morning?
5. After lunch on a rainy day in Chapter 4, how long of a nap does Richard take?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Richard learn when he reads the document signed by the Berlin Senate and the Africans?
2. What did Richard used to sell as a child, and why?
3. What is Eid Mubarak and how is it celebrated?
4. How old was Richard when his family left Silesia and resettled in Germany, and how was he separated and then reunited with his family?
5. Why do some Black men gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall in late August?
6. What happensw when the tents and shacks on the Oranienplatz are torn down?
7. Why does Awad know he will never forget Oranineplatz and will always revere its memory?
8. What happened the last time Rashid celebrated Eid Muharak?
9. Why does the woman who teaches German classes to the refugees think it is difficult for them to learn the language?
10. What story is told about a construction worker who fell from a 365-meter tower for a fountain when it was being built?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The refugees vacillate between hope and hopelessness in Go, Went, Gone. Why do they vacillate between hope and hopelessness?
Essay Topic 2
The Berlin Wall separated East Germany from West Germany from 1961 to 1989. Why is the Wall and its fall significant to Richard?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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