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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, why does Saeed's father not want to leave the city?
(a) His wife is there.
(b) He is too old to travel.
(c) His family is there.
(d) He is sick.

2. What type of advertising does Saeed's employer specialize in?
(a) Social media.
(b) Radio.
(c) Outdoor.
(d) Television.

3. Where does Nadia live in Chapter 2?
(a) 4-story apartment building.
(b) Small house.
(c) A room atop the house of a widow.
(d) With her parents.

4. In Chapter 3, what type of tree does Nadia have in a pot on her terrace?
(a) Lime.
(b) Papaya.
(c) Orange.
(d) Lemon.

5. How long after his parents' marriage was Saeed born?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 2 decades.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how long after independence did telephone lines remain a rare thing?

2. In Chapter 4, how soon does the second man join the fighting?

3. In Chapter 3, how many weekends after the curfew are Nadia and Saeed able to meet?

4. In Chapter 3, how many of Saeed's fellow employees stop showing up?

5. What does Nadia serve when people pay their condolences to Saeed and his father in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what happens to Saeed's mother?

2. In Chapter 5, where does Saeed's father go every day?

3. How does Nadia say goodbye to the man she has been seeing in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, how are Saeed and Nadia described?

5. Where would Nadia and Saeed like to travel and why?

6. In Chapter 2, what is the refugee situation?

7. At the end of Chapter 3, what is switched off and how does that affect Nadia, Saeed, and others in the city?

8. In Chapter 3 after the assault on the stock exchange, how do the militants change their strategy?

9. Why does Saeed's father not wish to go with Nadia and Saeed when they leave?

10. In Chapter 5, how are funerals different than they were before the fighting?

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