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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does Martin do at the market to earn money?

2. In Zimbabwe, if you have food, what are you expected to do?

3. What does Martin's name mean in his native language?

4. Why does Simba get in trouble in school?

5. What is the name of the foreign exchange student that comes to stay with Caitlin's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Martin's reaction to hearing his mother cry?

2. What does Caitlin do to help support Martin without asking her parents for more money? (Chapter 29)

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

4. How is Caitlin's friendship with Martin different from the friendships with her girlfriends? (Chapter 11).

5. In Martin's school, kids engage in "hot-sitting." What does this term mean?

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

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

8. When Martin receives Caitlin's first letter, what does he believe about America?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most students who chose pen pals do not continue to write letters to each other. Discuss the factors that make Caitlin and Martin's correspondence a lasting one.

Essay Topic 2

Caitlin and Martin develop a close friendship. Evaluate the factors that cause them to be close. Why is the relationship platonic instead of romantic?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact that the events of 9/11 had on Caitlin and Martin's relationship. (Chapters 37 and 38). How did it affect them?

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