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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 many hours does Afiya do chores the first thing in the morning in Chapter 4?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) About 3 hours.
(c) 1 1/2 hours.
(d) 2 hours or so.

2. How many officers die on the retreat from Rufiji in Chapter 5?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. In Chapter 6, when do the British forces enter Tanga?
(a) July 29, 1916.
(b) July 9, 1916.
(c) July 3, 1916.
(d) July 17, 1916.

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

5. What job does Afiya's uncle have?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Security guard.
(c) Grocer.
(d) Banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Khalifa work for the Gujarati banker brothers?

2. In Chapter 2, who told Afiya never to go up the hill?

3. In Chapter 2, how long does Ilyas think he will fight in the schutztruppe?

4. In Chapter 4, how old is Afiya when she gets her own room for the first time?

5. In Chapter 5, where were the people from who killed the German missionaries?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Khalifa's first job?

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

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

6. Who is Qassim?

7. How do Khalifa's parents die?

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

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

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

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