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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sem work from February to June 1996?
(a) Hardware store.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Radio station.
(d) Hotel.

2. Near an abandoned gas pump on an overgrown parking lot, what car does Sem see with a March edition of The New Yorker on the seat?
(a) Corvette.
(b) Maserati.
(c) Ferrari.
(d) Porsche.

3. What type of tree used to be outside the first apartment Sem and his family had in the United States?
(a) Palm.
(b) Acacia.
(c) Mimosa.
(d) Orange.

4. When did Sem and Harun drive from the East to the West Coast and run into a snowstorm in Arizona?
(a) December 29, 2004.
(b) January 4, 2005.
(c) January 11, 2005.
(d) December 19, 2004.

5. When does Sem remember taking a cable car up Trebevic Mountain?
(a) Fall 1989.
(b) Fall 1988.
(c) Winter 1989.
(d) Winter 1988.

6. What color uniform is the girl wearing who tells Sem that he is having a heart attack?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Beige.

7. How long is the flight from Washington to Phoenix?
(a) About 3 hours.
(b) 3 1/2 hours.
(c) Barely 4 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

8. Where is Harun when Sem calls him in "Me'Med"?
(a) San Francisco airport.
(b) Denver airport.
(c) Chicago airport.
(d) St. Louis airport.

9. What is a couple driving when they arrive at the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, and an Indian man tells them the park is closed?
(a) Convertible.
(b) Sedan.
(c) Mini-van.
(d) SUV.

10. Who was Sem working for in 2008?
(a) Reuters.
(b) Federal News Agency.
(c) Associated Press.
(d) BBC.

11. What is the time difference between where Harun lives and where Sem lives in "Red Bandana"?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

12. How long has Sem been in the hospital when he is moved out of intensive care?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 day.

13. At a hotel where the parking lot is empty in "Red Bandana," how much does a young Navajo claim the only room that is vacant costs?
(a) $410.
(b) $190.
(c) $275.
(d) $380.

14. How long has Sem been taking a medication that makes him tired and slows him down in "Red Bandana"?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) Nearly 5 years.
(d) About 8 years.

15. What is the name of a bookstore Sem notices as he is riding in the ambulance?
(a) Liberation Books.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Apropo.
(d) The English Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stones does an African man have on his ring when he comes to photograph Sem's heart?

2. To where does Sem buy an airplane ticket in "Red Bandana"?

3. The day after Sem's heart attack, what does Sanja bring Sem?

4. In "Red Bandana," what day of the week did Sem go for a six-month checkup at the doctor's office?

5. When was the first time that Sem and his family landed at the Phoenix airport?

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