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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What Language is That? (Ethiopia).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama suggest giving the neighbors for Christmas?
(a) A fruitcake.
(b) A liter of petrol.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Wine.

2. Kotchikpa overhears Fofo saying that he will travel to Braffe soon to collect ____________________.
(a) The furniture.
(b) The other children.
(c) His new car.
(d) His lottery winnings.

3. What is the narrator looking for at Selam's apartment building?
(a) A light in the kitchen window.
(b) The pigeons roosting on the roof.
(c) The blinds to open.
(d) Smoke from the fireplace.

4. What place does Selam have in her family?
(a) An only child.
(b) The youngest child.
(c) The middle child.
(d) The oldest child.

5. How old are Otieno and Atieno?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does the narrator watch Selam's apartment building?

2. Where are the children kept after the motorcycle accident?

3. Where do Jigana and his family live?

4. Who says, "Best friends don't quarrel" when Selam begins to cry?

5. What does the guard tell the children?

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