Exit West chapter 9

“IN A CITY SWOLLEN BY REFUGEES but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, a young man met a young woman in a classroom and did not speak to her.”

This quote is from which chapter and links to which theme?

• Chapter 9 and love

• Chapter 9 and migration

• Chapter 1 and love

This quote is from which chapter and links to which theme?

“THAT SUMMER it seemed to Saeed and Nadia that the whole planet was on the move, much of the global south headed to the global north, but also southerners moving to other southern places and northerners moving to other northern places. ”

• chapter 9 and migration

• chapter 9 and love

• chapter 3 and the human condition

The allusion to 40 acres and a mule is a reference to

• Spike Lee's production company

• The 1865 order that freed slaves could have 40 acres of land and a mule (which was later revoked)

• the fact that refugees needed land and work animals to survive in Dark London

The vignette of the door to Brazil ultimately captures

• a peek into a late-life romance

• a peek into the work camp

• a peek into an artist's studio

“But mostly there was little to report, just the day-to-day goings-on of countless people working and living and aging and falling in and out of love, as is the case everywhere, and so not deemed worthy of headline billing or thought to be of much interest to anyone but those directly involved.”

How does this quote link to Hamid's purpose in writing Exit West?

• That migrants aren't always violent

• That what migrants do isn't really newsworthy

• It relates to the human condition--no matter who or where we are, we share that commonality of being human.

“His first instinct was to pretend he was still sleeping—he was exhausted, after all, and could have used more time undisturbed in bed—but the thought of her lying there and feeling alone was not a pleasant one, and besides she might have noticed the subterfuge.”

This quote links with which theme(s)?

• migration and death

• love and migration

• love and guilt

“He was drawn to people from their country, both in the labor camp and online. It seemed to Nadia that the farther they moved from the city of their birth, through space and through time, the more he sought to strengthen his connection to it, tying ropes to the air of an era that for her was unambiguously gone.”

This quote best gives us insight into which macro feature?

• theme

• characterisation

• symbol

• setting

“under the drone-crossed sky and in the invisible network of surveillance that radiated out from their phones, recording and capturing and logging everything”

This quote provides insight to the Dark London setting, which was

• a safe haven for Saeed and Nadia

• labor filled, tiring, and possibly caused a wedge between them

• a place where their love blossomed

• like a prison

Nadia suggests they take a door to Marin, California and this leaves them both with a feeling of

• fear

• hope

• love

• anticipation

“wandering far and wide but not together”

How are Saeed and Nadia doing this?

• As they walk in the camp

• On their phones

• At work during the day