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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 8, how many migrants are rumored to have been incinerated when a cinema burned down?

2. What do the natives sell in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 7, where do Nadia and Saeed discover that they are?

4. In Chapter 6, where does a swindler tell Nadia and Saeed that he can help them get to?

5. What do Saeed and Nadia use for a sofa in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Saeed learn about his father's death?

2. At the end of Chapter 8, why do Saeed, Nadia, and their neighbors celebrate?

3. In Chapter 7, what happens when a housekeeper arrives to work at the house where Nadia and Saeed are staying?

4. How do Nadia and Saeed find another door in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 9, what at Nadia and Saeed working toward?

6. At the end of Chapter 9, why does Nadia suggest that she and Saeed move to Marin near San Francisco?

7. What do Saeed and Nadia find when they go to the rendezvous point in Chapter 6?

8. What is known about the old woman in Palo Alto in Chapter 10?

9. In Chapter 7 when it is dark, who begin to emerge from the upstairs room where Nadia and Saeed emerged?

10. In Chapter 8, where does Saeed begin spending time and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Migrants use special doors to leave their homelands and travel. What do migrants hope to find when they go through the doors? How do the doors symbolize both the ability to escape and the fear of moving somewhere else?

Essay Topic 2

When the militants first arrive, Saeed’s family’s apartment is a safe place from the violence of the streets. How does the violence begin to affect the sanctity of the apartment? How does the death of Saeed’s mother transform their place from sanctuary to place of danger? What does the change of the apartment from sanctuary to place of danger reveal about war and safe places?

Essay Topic 3

Nadia and Saeed view relocations differently because of their perspective. How does Nadia focus on the future, and how does that help her adapt and adjust to her new life? How does Saeed focus on the past, and how does that influence the way that he adjusts to his new life? How do their outlooks determine how well they adapt to their new lives?

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