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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What Language is That? (Ethiopia).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mama allow to sleep under the mosquito net?
(a) Maisha.
(b) Baby.
(c) Baba.
(d) Jinga.

2. What does the narrator see Selam doing at her apartment one night?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Drying dishes.
(c) Standing on the balcony.
(d) Watching television.

3. When Maisha says she wants to get a full-time job, Jigana knows she is thinking about _________________________.
(a) Getting some education.
(b) Waiting tables.
(c) Joining a brothel.
(d) Serving cocktails.

4. What is the narrator looking for at Selam's apartment building?
(a) The pigeons roosting on the roof.
(b) Smoke from the fireplace.
(c) The blinds to open.
(d) A light in the kitchen window.

5. What do the family members do when they eat the food that Maisha has brought home?
(a) Invite neighbors in.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Stretch out on the floor.
(d) Vomit and eat some more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama do for her children when they are hungry on Christmas morning?

2. What does the guard force the children to drink?

3. How old is Kotchikpa?

4. What does the guard force the children to do?

5. What does the narrator do when she first sees Selam at her apartment?

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