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

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

3. In Chapter 1, how long after Saeed first asks Nadia to coffee, do they have coffee in the cafeteria?
(a) Next day.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 4 days.
(d) Following week.

4. In Chapter 5, where does Saeed's father go everyday?
(a) Uncle's house.
(b) Brother's house.
(c) Grandfather's house.
(d) Cousin's house.

5. In Chapter 5, where does Nadia have her money and gold coins when she takes things from her apartment?
(a) In her underwear.
(b) Under the seat of Saeed's car.
(c) Money belt under her robe.
(d) Dirt of a lemon tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man wearing in Chapter 2, who is nursing a drink he has not paid for?

2. Where does Nadia live in Chapter 2?

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

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

5. In Chapter 5, what language does the family speak that emerges from an interior service door?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, how does Nadia spend her lunch hours?

3. How did Saeed's parents meet?

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

5. What does Nadia call Saeed's father in Chapter 5 and why?

6. What is said about Nadia and school at the beginning of Chapter 2?

7. What has Nadia's relationship been like with her family?

8. How is the place described where Saeed lives with his parents?

9. In Chapter 4, who does Saeed's mother think she sees firing a machine gun?

10. In Chapter 5, what things is Nadia able to get from her apartment?

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