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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: "American Dream," Chapters 49-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does Damon's father have?
(a) Chronic Heart Disease.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Liver Failure.
(d) Throat Cancer.

2. While working as a teacher in a remote village, where does Martin bathe?
(a) In the stream.
(b) In the concrete shower behind the school.
(c) In the waterfall in the jungle.
(d) In the old metal bathtub in the thatched hut

3. How do Martin and Nation transport their mother to the hospital when she is ill?
(a) They put her in a wheelbarrow and walk her there.
(b) They support her on both sides and walk her there.
(c) They call a taxi and drive there.
(d) They put her on a ladder and pull her there.

4. Martin needs a dollar to take an exam allowing him to move to the next grade. How does he get it?
(a) His mother trades work for a dollar.
(b) His father's boss lends Martin a dollar.
(c) His brother, Nation, steals one for him.
(d) His friend, Nyasha, gives Martin a dollar.

5. How does Martin catch up on his studies after he is reinstated in school?
(a) He goes to stay with his cousin while he is studying.
(b) He lives with a friend who is also studying.
(c) He sneaks into the Teacher's College Library to study at night.
(d) He goes to his father's office to study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Lauren ask that upsets Caitlin?

2. Why does Simba get in trouble in school?

3. Why is Martin expelled from school in January of 1999?

4. When Martin does not have any paper for his letter to Caitlin, what does he use to write on?

5. What does Caitlin send that keeps the Ganda family from getting cholera during the rainy season?

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