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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central concern? Question 2 of 6What stood where the glass building now stands? Question 3 of 6What does the elderly calling the street after the grocer suggest? Question 4 of 6What does "photographs that have lost their album" convey? Question 5 of 6What distinction does the tree comparison draw? Question 6 of 6What does the final image of children visiting like tourists imply? Vocabularyنَاصِيَةstreet corner
تَبْلِيطpaving, tiling
تُرَابِيَّةdirt, earthen
حَافِيًاbarefoot
مَوْعِد غَرَامِيّdate (romantic)
يَهْتَدُونَ بِهَاfind their way by them
وَدَّعْتُI said goodbye to
الرَّاكِدstagnant
حَلْقَةring
تَقْتَلِعُuproots
تَرَاكُمaccumulation
اسْتِعْجَالhaste