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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 1, how many kilometers did Murad and the other illegals have to travel by boat?

2. In Chapter 3, what type of book does Farid say that he needs for school?

3. How old does Murad remember that he was in Chapter 1 when he was collecting mussels and nearly got swept away?

4. In Chapter 4, when did Aziz awake the morning before his departure?

5. In Chapter 4, what color jellaba was Zohra's friend wearing when they met Aziz and Lahcen at a coffee shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how had Aziz been able to marry Zohra?

2. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Noura want her father to help Faten?

3. In Chapter 3, what did a man do on the bus that Halima was taking?

4. In Chapter 2, what are Larbi Amrani's thoughts about prayers beads on his rearview mirror?

5. Who is Si Tawfiq, and why does he come to see Larbi in Chapter 2?

6. How did Lahcen make a living in Chapter 4?

7. What were Noura's academic plans, and how does she say she is changing them in Chapter 2?

8. Where is Murad taken after he is caught in Chapter 1?

9. In Chapter 1, what is Murad wearing and what does he wish he was wearing?

10. In Chapter 3, where did Halima's family eat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Halima has to return to Casablanca after the failed immigration attempt. Why does Halima have mixed feelings about the failed immigration attempt and her return to Casablanca? How do her circumstances cause her to have mixed feelings about her situation?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. What colors would you choose to describe the mood in various chapters? If you could assign a color to represent the overall mood of the novel, what color would it be? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a means of classifying a literary work. What is the genre of the novel and why?

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