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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 is a boy hammering nails into as Hamza passes a yard whose wooden gates stand wide open in Chapter 8?
(a) Packing crate.
(b) Box.
(c) Boards.
(d) Hut.

2. In Chapter 10, what is the favorite fruit of the traders?
(a) Dates.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Pineapples.
(d) Mango.

3. In Ostafrika in Chapter 7, how long had the Armistice been signed before the commander knew about it and surrendered?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

4. What is the name of the man Hamza replaces in the timber workshop in Chapter 10?
(a) Nasir.
(b) Akeem.
(c) Hafeez.
(d) Mehdi.

5. How long has Hamza been working for Nassor in Chapter 10?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men often come to chat with Khalifa in the evenings in Chapter 10?

2. How old is Sulemani, the master carpenter?

3. In Chapter 10, how many women work for Sungura?

4. In Chapter 12, how long after Hamza asks Afiya to marry him do they marry?

5. What job does Nassor Biashara say Hamza will do in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mission like that the Oberleutnant, Hamza, and some other men visit in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 7, what does a British officer tell the pastor at the mission?

3. In Chapter 11, how is Afiya feeling about Hamza?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Khalifa offer Hamza when he learns Hamza has no place to sleep?

5. What does Hamza tell Khalifa about his background?

6. How does Afiya begin coming to Hamza's room in Chapter 11?

7. In Chapter 7, how does Pascal serve as Hamza's main nurse?

8. In Chapter 8, how does Hamza return to the town he left so long ago?

9. What conversation do the pastor and Hamza have about the book the Oberleutnant left Hamza?

10. How does Hamza get a job in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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