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

2. How does Caitlin disguise the money she puts in Martin's letter?
(a) She wraps it in gift wrap paper.
(b) She colors all over it with markers.
(c) She puts it inside a second envelope.
(d) She puts it behind a picture in a cardboard frame.

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

4. How do Martin and his mother get to the bank after they received Caitlin's gift of money in May of 1999? (Chapter 16)
(a) They call a taxi.
(b) They take the bus.
(c) They take their canoe.
(d) They walk.

5. Where does Caitlin's family vacation the summer after her seventh grade year?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which rock group do Caitlin and Martin both enjoy?

3. What is Caitlin's favorite class during her Sophomore year?

4. When Caitlin sent Martin $20, what does the family buy for dinner?

5. When Anne is finally able to talk to Martin's headmaster, how much money does she discover it will take to keep Martin and his siblings in school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Caitlin's parents initially hesitant about helping Martin?

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

4. What effect does the job at Alois' bank pouring tea have on Martin?

5. What advice did Martin's mother give him early in his school career?

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

7. Why did Martin's parents get married?

8. What does Simba do that causes his parents to feel shame?

9. What does it mean that Martin is considered "born free"?

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

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