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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week does Afiya come to Hamza when she is supposed to be visiting her Jamila for the afternoon in Chapter 11?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

2. In Chapter 7, what bird does Hamza often see on the roof when he is recuperating at the mission?
(a) Heron.
(b) Teal.
(c) Goose.
(d) Guineafowl.

3. What job does Nassor Biashara say Hamza will do in Chapter 8?
(a) Driver.
(b) Furniture repair.
(c) Laborer.
(d) Night watchman.

4. In Chapter 10, what is the favorite fruit of the traders?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Dates.
(c) Mango.
(d) Bananas.

5. In Chapter 9, how long has the war been over?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

6. What did Hamza call the man his father gave him to?
(a) Uncle Amin.
(b) Uncle Fazli.
(c) Uncle Omar.
(d) Uncle Hashim.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 9, where does Hamza sleep?
(a) In the warehouse.
(b) In Nassor's work compound.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) By the doors of the warehouse.

8. In Chapter 8, how old does Hamza estimate the man is he sees behind a desk?
(a) 25.
(b) Late 20s.
(c) 35.
(d) Early 30s.

9. What day of the week does Afiya slip into Hamza's room in Chapter 11?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

10. In Chapter 12, what does Hamza tell Afiya he will make her after they are married?
(a) Jewelry box.
(b) Chair.
(c) Table.
(d) Cupboard.

11. What does Afiya's name mean?
(a) Good health.
(b) Honor.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Do good.

12. In Chapter 11, what building stands in the place where Hamza thinks he lived in the back of a shop?
(a) Large house.
(b) Office building.
(c) Warehouse.
(d) Cafe.

13. What type of wood do the shavings come from that Hamza picks up from the floor first when he goes into the workshop in Chapter 8?
(a) Msonobari.
(b) Burkea.
(c) Mvule.
(d) Sandalo.

14. In Chapter 8, what people group does Hamza think the man is who he mistook to be a boy?
(a) Oromo.
(b) Khoi.
(c) Mongo.
(d) Fulani.

15. About how old does Hamza think Khalifa is when he meets him in Chapter 8?
(a) Maybe late 40s.
(b) 45.
(c) 55.
(d) About 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Khalifa offer to let Hamza sleep in an outside storeroom at his house in Chapter 9?

2. How old was the Oberleutnant's younger brother when he died?

3. In Chapter 11, how long does Sulemani say that he went to school to read the Koran?

4. On what day of Idd in Chapter 12, does Hamza ask Afiya to marry him?

5. In Chapter 11, how long has it been since Afiya has rejected the two proposals?

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