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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. Where does Nadia work in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 5, where do Nadia and Saeed meet an agent?

3. At the end of Chapter 2, where did the young soldier grow up who is looking down on the city?

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

5. What type of restaurant do Saeed and Nadia meet at in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 1, when Saeed asks Nadia to coffee, how much fighting has the city seen where they live?

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

8. In Chapter 3, what is said about the city getting telephone after independence?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nadia and Saeed find different ways to adapt to life in London. What different ways do they find to help them adapt to their new life? How do the different ways that they adjust affect their relationship? What does their adaptation to their new life reveal about acclimatization?

Essay Topic 2

When the militants begin to take over, windows change from being sources of light and air. Instead they become a fragile barrier that cannot stop bullets or other hazards. What do windows represent during peace? What do windows represent during war time? How does the meaning and symbolism of windows change from peace time to war time?

Essay Topic 3

Conditions change in the city when war comes. How does war affect the city? How does the war affect society and the people who live in the city?

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