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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. In Chapter 5, where does a family emerge from an interior service door?

2. What does a brave man wear in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 3, what type of music do Nadia and Saeed listen to after being intimate?

4. Where do Saeed and Nadia meet?

5. What weapons does the brave man have in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 1, how does Saeed usually prepare presentations for clients?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nadia and Saeed experience good and bad as they move from refugee camp to refugee camp. What do their experiences reveal about charity and exploitation in difficult times?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Before the city falls to the militants, phones are common and Nadia and Saeed always have theirs with them. What do phones represent to Nadia and Saeed in the city? How does the loss of phones affect them when there is no signal in the city? What do phones symbolize to Nadia and Saeed during their travels?

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