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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of beard does Saeed have?
(a) Stubble.
(b) Full.
(c) Van Dyke.
(d) Verdi.

2. In Chapter 5, what does Saeed's father ask of Nadia?
(a) To marry Saeed.
(b) To write to him.
(c) To send him pictures.
(d) To stay with Saeed until he is out of danger.

3. In Chapter 3, what do militants take over at the same time that Nadia signs for a package of foodstuffs?
(a) Court house.
(b) Police station.
(c) Girls' school.
(d) Stock exchange.

4. When does Nadia move to Saeed's place?
(a) 2 days after his mother's funeral.
(b) Day of his mother's funeral.
(c) 2 weeks after his mother's funeral.
(d) Week after his mother's funeral.

5. At Nadia's workplace, who is it rumored to have fled abroad?
(a) His boss and her boss's boss.
(b) Her manager.
(c) The president of the company.
(d) The president and vice president of the company.

6. In Chapter 2, who has Nadia been seeing before Saeed?
(a) Musician.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Co-worker.
(d) Doctor.

7. In Chapter 5, how many trenches are dug in the courtyard of Saeed's apartment building for public toilets?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

8. When did Nadia move out of her family's house?
(a) When she was 18.
(b) After university.
(c) 4 years after university.
(d) When she was 23.

9. In Chapter 3, where does the ex-Navy man live?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Bernadino.

10. In Chapter 5, where do Nadia and Saeed meet an agent?
(a) Nadia's old apartment.
(b) Burnt-out school.
(c) Burnt-out shopping center.
(d) Village market.

11. What did Saeed's mother used to do as an occupation?
(a) School teacher.
(b) Artist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Chef.

12. In Chapter 3, how much time does Saeed spend in the evenings browsing the internet?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) A half an hour.
(c) An hour.
(d) 2 hours.

13. In Chapter 5, what does the daughter of the family stare at as they move toward the beach?
(a) Surfers.
(b) Swimmers.
(c) Skydivers.
(d) Remote cameras.

14. In Chapter 5, how many times has Saeed wept since his mother's death?
(a) Once.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Twice.

15. In Chapter 3, where do Nadia and Saeed begin to meet during the day?
(a) Cheap burger joint.
(b) Chinese restaurant.
(c) Park.
(d) Soup and salad bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of weapon does the second man have who enters through a black door and sees the brave man?

2. In Chapter 1, what type of tattoo does the woman have who is sleeping in Sydney, Australia?

3. Where did Saeed's parents meet?

4. In Chapter 5, what separates the trenches dug in the courtyard of Saeed's apartment building?

5. In Chapter 2, when did the man who was in the bar nursing a drink remember beating a half-Filipino boy?

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