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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. What type of farm did Ilyas live and work on for the German who sent him to school?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Rice.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Mango.

2. How many rooms do Afiya's aunt and uncle have in their house?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

5. At what call to prayer does the officer usually pour himself his first schanpps of the evening in Chapter 5?
(a) Fajr.
(b) Isha.
(c) Maghrib.
(d) Zuhr.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, where does the officer say that he is from?

2. In Chapter 5, by the time the British ask for a truce, how many of their troops are dead?

3. Where does Hamza notice that the Oberleutnant has scars in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 5, how many askari are on the march?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Khalifa's parents die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How was Khalifa educated?

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