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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. Where is Harun when Sem calls him in "Me'Med"?

2. How long is the flight from Washington to Phoenix?

3. How long has Sem been taking a medication that makes him tired and slows him down in "Red Bandana"?

4. Where is the photograph taken that hangs on the wall above the sofa?

5. When the ambulance stops at the hospital, what color hockey shirt is a girl wearing who walks between the cars toward the building?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sem and Harun visit their old apartment in "Red Bandana"?

2. What does Sem connect the pain in his throat and the metallic taste in his mouth to?

3. Who was Ilija Ladin, and what did Sem say about him?

4. What does Sem remember from November 1992?

5. How does Sem describe nostalgia?

6. What happens when Sem arrives at the hospital?

7. Where did Sem grow up, and what does he remember about the place?

8. What does Sem remember about seeing Harun when he was a newborn in the hospital?

9. What happens when Sem tries to get a hotel room on page 60?

10. What story does Sanja tell Sem about smoking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sanja has a stroke and is admitted to the hospital. Why does Sem call the hospital ward "a torture chamber” (130)? Why does he think the hospital is not a good place to get well?

Essay Topic 2

Sem knows that every return home can be different. Why does Sem understand that every return home can be different? When he returns to his apartment after Sanja’s stroke, what does he realize about journeys and coming home?

Essay Topic 3

Sem and Harun emigrated to the U.S. How did Sem and Harun have to adapt when they moved to the U.S.? Who adapted more quickly? In what way are they still foreigners? Why is Harun more of a native than Sem?

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