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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. Why does Kathy call the Clairborne house?

2. What do the soldiers turn the bus depot into?

3. Why can't Zeitoun call Kathy at Yuko's house?

4. What does the bus terminal look like to Zeitoun when he gets there?

5. How does Kathy feel about the family in Syria while her husband is missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Zeitoun mocked about when a second set of pictures is taken?

2. What gives Kathy comfort while her husband is missing?

3. What does Kathy have to do to fulfill the bail requirements for her husband?

4. After Zeitoun has been missing for more than a week, what does his family hope for?

5. What were some of the people incarcerated with Zeitoun arrested for?

6. What causes the mayor to delay the reopening of the city?

7. Why don't Zeitoun and Nasser talk much while in their cell?

8. How does Kathy cheer up her daughters when they realize their entire house is under water?

9. What good news comes to Kathy after she learns her husband has been arrested?

10. What happens just after Kathy and her daughter say a prayer in the living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout "Zeitoun"?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in "Zeitoun"?

Essay Topic 3

Discrimination was a theme of this book that was very important to many of the characters involved. Where did this theme of discrimination present itself, and how did these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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