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

2. What is "hot-sitting"?
(a) The practice of putting a misbehaving student on a seat that is painted red.
(b) The practice of sitting on warm seats to keep the students warm in the winter.
(c) The practice of moving from seat to seat during a lesson in order to stay focused.
(d) The practice of studying outside half the day because the classrooms were too crowded to hold all the students.

3. How many inches does Caitlin say she grew the summer of 1998?
(a) Five inches.
(b) Four inches.
(c) Six inches.
(d) Three inches.

4. When Martin's family cannot pay for his tuition for Marist Brothers, and Alois can only pay the deposit, what does Martin decide to do?
(a) Martin steals four chickens and sells them to neighbors.
(b) Martin decides to write directly to Caitlin's parents and ask them for help.
(c) Martin sells his family's television set.
(d) Martin takes a third job cleaning the stalls at the market.

5. Who is Alois' wife?
(a) Solange.
(b) Mary Beth.
(c) Heather.
(d) Sekai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the native language of Martin's family?

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

3. What nickname does Caitlin's brother give her?

4. What does Martin buy for Caitlin after his job pouring tea at the bank?

5. What item do Caitlin and Lauren fight about in December of 1998? (Chapter 11)

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Martin's poverty change Caitlin's view of poor people? (Chapter 25)

2. Why is Caitlin excited about choosing a pen pal from Zimbabwe when she is in seventh grade?

3. Where does Cailin go on her first trip abroad?

4. What does Caitlin's mother do for a living and why does she do this?

5. How does Caitlin's gift of a Reebok t-shirt affect Martin?

6. How does Martin's family feel about Caitlin?

7. What does Caitlin discover about her impressions of Carola?

8. What does Caitlin say she thinks about race? (Chapter 3).

9. What surprised Caitlin about the picture of his family that Martin sent? (Chapter 31)

10. How does Caitlin feel about wearing the earrings that Martin sent her?

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