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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. When Rashid spends Christmas with Richard, how long has it been since his wife divorced him?

2. In Chapter 36, who cuts the wire for the alarm system?

3. Where will men be taking a language course at a community college after the Egyptian teacher leaves?

4. How much does Richard pay Apollo for helping him with chores?

5. What does Richard pay Tristan to rake leaves for two hours?

Short Essay Questions

1. What jobs does Rashid find for his people at Spandau and why?

2. Where is it thought that the ancestors of the Tuareg came from?

3. Why does Richard drive Rufu to the school where the refugees are to take German language classes?

4. Who are the staff at the old nursing home where the refugees are housed?

5. What are Richard's friends doing for Christmas?

6. What does Richard by Osarobo for Christmas, and how does Richard think it might be useful?

7. What has been learned about the original inhabitants of Liby from satellite images?

8. Why does Richard give Anne, the photographer, Ali's contact information?

9. What was life like for the thin man with the broom before he went to Kumasi?

10. How did Rashid get sent on a boat with his children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Richard has viewed the world through an Eurocentric lens. What is a Eurocentric lens, and how does his understanding of the world transform in Go, Went, Gone and why?

Essay Topic 3

The refugees not only want to be recognized legally or gain financial security, but they also want to be seen as human beings. How do the refugees struggle to gain agency and find dignity?

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