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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 3, when do Hamza and the other recruits arrive at the camp?
(a) 4 p.m.
(b) Dusk.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) Noon.

2. How old is a young girl who brings Ilyas and his host coffee in Chapter 2?
(a) 8 or 9.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 6 or 7.
(d) 9 or 10.

3. In Chapter 5, how many askari are on the march?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 125.
(d) 175.

4. How long after Amur Biashara gets sick during an epidemic does he die?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 7 days.

5. How old is Khalifa when he marries?
(a) 30.
(b) 29.
(c) 31.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how many of the new recruits are sent to the carrier corps office?

2. By what time is Hamza expected to complete his dudties as the officer's personal servant in Chapter 5?

3. After the muadhin's call to afternoon prayer, how long does Khalifa return to work in Chapter 4?

4. When Ilays's mother died, how old was her baby?

5. In Chapter 4, how many girls does Bi Habiba teach in her home before Afiya is sent to learn from her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Hamza and the other recruits learn in their training sessions with German subaltern Feldwebel Walther?

3. In Chapter 5, how is Hamza under the Oberleutnant's protection?

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

5. How do Khalifa's parents die?

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

7. What instructions are the recruits given after they have a medical exam?

8. Who does Khalifa work for after the Gujarat banker brothers decide to transfer their business to Mombasa?

9. What was Khalifa's first job?

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

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