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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. How old was Afiya when her aun told her why they took her in?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

2. In Chapter 5, where does the officer say that he is from?
(a) Affalterbach.
(b) Freiberg.
(c) Marbach.
(d) Murr.

3. In Chapter 2, how old is the driver who takes Ilyas the last leg of his journey to his village?
(a) 30s.
(b) Old man.
(c) Teenager.
(d) 20s.

4. In Chapter 2, how long does Ilyas think he will fight in the schutztruppe?
(a) A year.
(b) 3 months.
(c) A few months.
(d) 6 months.

5. In the early years of Khalifa and Asha's marriage, how many times does she miscarry in three years?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the war starts, to where is the schutztruppe to take the train in Chapter 5?

2. About how much older are Issa and Zawadi than Afiya?

3. When is al Bushiri hanged?

4. What fever kills many askari in Chapter 5 because the Rufiji is in heavy flood and the mosquitoes are rampant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Nassor Biashara moves Khalifa to the warehouse and lowers his salary, what does Khalifa do?

3. How was Khalifa educated?

4. What does Ilyas learn about his family when he returns to his village?

5. How do the Germans end the Maji Maji uprising?

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

7. Who is Qassim?

8. In Chapter 5 how does the schutztruppe fight on?

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

10. What does Hamza learn from the sick report he collects from the medical officer and takes to the Oberleutnant?

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