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

2. Why is Martin expelled from school in January of 1999?
(a) He has missed too many days.
(b) He is not able to pay the school fees.
(c) His has failed his exams.
(d) He has started bullying other students.

3. Which rock group do Caitlin and Martin both enjoy?
(a) Mumford and Sons.
(b) Spice Girls.
(c) Alabama Shakes.
(d) The Beatles.

4. What is the name of the foreign exchange student that comes to stay with Caitlin's family?
(a) Stacie.
(b) Stella.
(c) Stephie.
(d) Stormy.

5. What does Martin find coming out of the communal faucet?
(a) A slow trickle of rusty red liquid.
(b) A gush of putrid water.
(c) A slow trickle of black oil.
(d) A hiss of chemical steam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item in the Christmas box that Caitlin's family sends to Martin's family brings music back into the Ganda home?

2. What gift in the Christmas box allows Martin's mother "to be counted in society"?

3. What does Martin do during his winter break in August of 1999?

4. What is the name of the poor girl in Caitlin's English class that Caitlin decides not to judge or be mean to?

5. How does Martin catch up on his studies after he is reinstated in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Caitlin's experience with a German foreign exchange student not a good one?

2. Why did Martin's mother leave the village and move to Chisamba Singles to be with her husband?

3. How do Alois and Sekai's reason for marrying affect Martin?

4. Why does Martin decide to write Caitlin's parents?

5. What do Caitlin and Anne pack into the Christmas box for Martin's family?

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

7. What is Martin's father's reaction to his son receiving the highest score in all of Mutare on a national placement test?

8. What is the setting of Caitlin's hometown?

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

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

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