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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 color phone does the thin man with the broom have?
2. What present does Richard give Rashid for Chrsitmas?
3. How old is Karon's brother who cut himself with a cutlass while working in the field?
4. When the police are at Spandau to oversee 12 refugees leave, who comes running out of the building asking to be left in peace?
5. In the 1960s, into how many countries did the French divide the reigion the Tuareg traditionally inhabited?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Richard drive Rufu to the school where the refugees are to take German language classes?
2. What dreams did the thin man with the broom have and how did they seem to have a basis in reality?
3. Why does it seem like Richard can smell freshly washed clothes when hears Bach's Inventions on the radio?
4. Who are the staff at the old nursing home where the refugees are housed?
5. What was life like for the thin man with the broom before he went to Kumasi?
6. Why is Karon Anubo not able to buy a transit pass in December?
7. What does Rashid mean when he says it is normal at Spandau and that the refugees are happy there?
8. What police presence is at Spandau when 12 men are to be moved?
9. What medical condition does Rashid have, and why has he not been treated for it?
10. What does Richard by Osarobo for Christmas, and how does Richard think it might be useful?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
After leaving Oranienplatz, the refugees are housed in an old nursing home. Why do the refugees resist the move?
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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