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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the thin man with the broom when he got his first cutlass?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 7.

2. What present does Richard give Rashid for Chrsitmas?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) Winter jacket.
(c) Hat, scarf, and gloves.
(d) Gift card.

3. How long ago is it believed that the ancestors of the Tuareg came from what is modern Syria?
(a) About 2,500 years.
(b) 1,8080 years.
(c) 2,900 years.
(d) More than 3,000 years.

4. What Italian city did Osarobo go to in December?
(a) Milano.
(b) Turin.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Florence.

5. Where did the man with the broom work after his father died?
(a) Coffee plantation.
(b) Tea plantation.
(c) Cocoa plantation.
(d) Rubber plantation.

6. On the day residents of Spandau have to leave, when does a senator say that Rashid was supposed to have had a surgery for a severe cardiac condition?
(a) 6 months ago.
(b) 11 weeks ago.
(c) 5 weeks ago.
(d) 3 months ago.

7. What hours did the man with the broom work in a yam field?
(a) 4 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
(b) 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(c) 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(d) 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

8. How old is Peter the archaeologist's girlfriend?
(a) 37.
(b) 20.
(c) 28.
(d) 32.

9. The Sunday before Advent, with what does Richard cover his parents' graves?
(a) Roses.
(b) Fir branches.
(c) Spruce branches.
(d) Daisies.

10. How many people did the man with the broom have to provide for after his father died?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. How many times have xenophobic Berliners set the information tent on fire that is still erected at Oranienplatz?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

12. When did the man with the broom pay a man to smuggle him to to Libya?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2008.

13. How many men in an all-male sextet that sang "A Friend, A Good Friend" in 1930 fled to America?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

14. What was the name of the hospital where Richard's mother died?
(a) Park-Klinik.
(b) St. Hedwig.
(c) Charite
(d) Franziskus-Krankenhaus.

15. How many euros are the refugees given for a transit pass?
(a) 62.
(b) 49.
(c) 57.
(d) 76.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard starts working with the advanced refugee students taking German, how many students does he teach?

2. Who always sees Richard to the exit when Richard visits the refugees in Spandau?

3. Of the men who take a German class at a community college, how many cannot read or write the Latin alphabet?

4. When the refugees lived in tents on Oranienplatz, how many toiles were available for 476 people after the sanitation trailer was attacked?

5. Where are Detlef and Sylvia spending Christmas?

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