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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Clues" - Chapters 11-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chibuku?
(a) An inexpensive sticky rice dish.
(b) A type of chattering monkey.
(c) A colorful African headwrap.
(d) A popular alcoholic beverage.

2. What makes Caitlin more aware of the troubles Martin might be facing?
(a) A website on Zimbabwe she follows.
(b) A magazine article she reads in class.
(c) A BBC News Report she watches with her mother.
(d) A movie about Africa she sees at the theatre.

3. Caitlin's mother knows Zimbabwe by another name. What is that name?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Rhodesia.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Kenya.

4. What work does Martin do to earn money for postage?
(a) He carries luggage at the central bus station.
(b) He makes sandwiches and sells them at the school.
(c) He deliveries groceries to his neighborhood.
(d) He helps build stalls at the market.

5. How many Zimbabwean dollars are equal to one American dollar when Caitlin sends the first dollar to Martin? (Chapter 6)
(a) 24.
(b) 8.
(c) 32.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Caitlin stop playing with her kindergarten friend, Marlena?

2. Where does Caitlin's family vacation the summer after her seventh grade year?

3. What does Martin find coming out of the communal faucet?

4. What does "murungu" mean?

5. When the book begins, what grade is Caitlin in?

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