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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who told Afiya never to go up the hill?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Aunt.

2. In Chapter 3, how many of the new recruits are sent to the carrier corps office?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. In Chapter 3, who has the Nubi ombasha fought for before the Germans?
(a) English and the Khedive.
(b) English and French.
(c) Portual and Spain.
(d) Italy and Egypt.

4. In Chapter 5, by the time the British ask for a truce, how many of their troops are dead?
(a) 490.
(b) Several hundred.
(c) Not quite 500.
(d) 180.

5. How long does Khalifa work for the Gujarati banker brothers?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what time of day does Hamza take a cup of coffee to the officer?

2. Where did Qassim go to school?

3. How many people die of starvation during the Maji Maji uprising?

4. In Chapter 2, what disease is Afiya tested for?

5. How old was Afiya when her aun told her why they took her in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Amur Biashara do his business, and how did his way of doing business fail him?

2. How does Hamza take to the harsh regime in Chapter 3?

3. How does Afiya spend the first few months she is with Khalifa and Asha?

4. In Chapter 5, what duties does Hamza perform as the Oberleutnant's servant before seven in the morning?

5. When and where do the British make a landing and how does their landing end in Chapter 5?

6. Who is Qassim?

7. What is Hamza's first evening like as askari?

8. What is Afiya's life like when Ilyas takes her to the city?

9. How was Khalifa educated?

10. How does Ilyas come to work at the sisal estate?

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