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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 lie does Kathy tell her children to keep them calm?

2. Where does Kathy hear about unidentified bodies?

3. Where does Kathy start getting many international calls from?

4. How does Kathy realize who is taking Zeitoun's missing the hardest?

5. What country does a news segment about the prisoners?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Kathy do when she is not told where her husband's trial will be held?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Ahmad so upset when he learns that Zeitoun is in prison?

10. How does Kathy see the damage to her house, and how does she respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zeitoun is incredibly stubborn. What are some of the good and bad things that come to Zeitoun and his family through this stubborn nature?

Essay Topic 2

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Betrayal was a theme introduced at the very beginning of this book. How does this constant stream of betrayal affect the outcome of the plot, and which characters were most affected by it?

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