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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 one thing Wallace does not understand about American students?
(a) Why they are disrespectful to their teachers.
(b) Why they wear pajamas to class.
(c) Why they want to get drunk on the weekends.
(d) Why they study for days without taking a break.

2. What happens that improves the speed and frequency of Martin and Caitlin's correspondence?
(a) Mr. Muzawazi allows Martin to use his computer.
(b) Martin has enough money to buy airmail stamps.
(c) Caitlin sends Martin a computer.
(d) Anne purchases a computer for the school library.

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

4. What food does Wallace experience for the first time when he goes out to dinner with Caitlin's family?
(a) A cheeseburger.
(b) A slab of ribs.
(c) A Ribeye steak.
(d) A hot dog.

5. What does Martin's mom use to stuff the cracks in their walls?
(a) Candy wrappers.
(b) Old newspapers.
(c) Caitlin's letters.
(d) Homemade paraffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words are used by Mr. Muzawazi to describe the state of Zimbabwe when he talks to Anne about finding a sponsor for Martin's college education?

2. What career does Martin decide to pursue?

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

4. Where is Martin's teaching assignment?

5. What drink does Caitlin send in the next package to Martin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Alois and Sekai do to help Martin get into Marist Brothers School?

2. What is it about Damon that Caitlin find attractive?

3. What do Caitlin and Damon argue about?

4. What effect do the attacks of 9-11 have on Caitlin and her family?

5. What is wrong with Martin's mother when he goes home at semester break?

6. Why does Martin choose to leave his teaching position at Chigodora?

7. Why does Caitlin change her career path during her junior year? (Chapter 37)

8. What happens to enable Martin to stay at Marist Brother's School? (Chapter 34)

9. What is the connection between Wallace and Caitlin's family?

10. How does the use of the computer in Mr. Muzawazi's office change Martin's correspondence with Caitlin?

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