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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fattening for Gabon starts with the line, "Selling your child or nephew could be more difficult than selling ________________________."
(a) Other kids.
(b) Sea shells.
(c) Furniture.
(d) A car.

2. What does the guard tell the children?
(a) They are going away to military school.
(b) They are to be sold.
(c) They will never leave the house again.
(d) They are going back to school.

3. How old is Yewa?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

4. What does Baba help Maisha load into a taxi?
(a) Her suitcases.
(b) Her coat rack.
(c) Her bicycle.
(d) Her trunk.

5. What does Baba do to the taxi driver?
(a) Begs for money.
(b) Takes his money.
(c) Spills wine on him.
(d) Hits him on the head.

6. Which of the following does Mama NOT do when Maisha smiles at her?
(a) Cries.
(b) Falls to her knees.
(c) Slaps her.
(d) Kisses her hand.

7. Which one of the children does NOT escape from the hut?
(a) Kotchikpa.
(b) Yewa.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) John.

8. Kotchikpa realizes that their hut is going to be ___________________________.
(a) Torn down.
(b) A drug den.
(c) A new school.
(d) The housing center for the trafficked children.

9. What does Baba use to fan the chemicals out of the house?
(a) A paper plate.
(b) An electric fan.
(c) The door of the shack.
(d) A newspaper.

10. Where does Maisha keep all her belongings?
(a) A storage room.
(b) A cellar.
(c) A closet.
(d) A wooden box.

11. What treats does Fofo Kpee give to the children?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Shave ice.
(d) Nuts and fruit juice.

12. Fofo Kpee tells the congregation that his new riches come from ______________________.
(a) A lottery win.
(b) A lawsuit settlement.
(c) A new job.
(d) The childrens' parents.

13. What new name does Mama give to Yewa?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Mary.
(c) Patty.
(d) Jennifer.

14. What does Fofo do one night that frightens the children?
(a) He masturbates near their beds.
(b) Ties them to their beds.
(c) Sets the house on fire.
(d) Cuts his arms with a knife.

15. What do the twins drink until they get sick?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Soda.
(d) Hot cocoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fofo Kpee keep the motorcycle?

2. In what country does the story take place?

3. Fofo Kpee tells the children that they have _________________ who want to adopt them.

4. Even though Kotchikpa no longer wants to travel to Gabon with Mama and Papa, Yewa is still allured by Western food and ___________________.

5. Mama and Papa bring new siblings named _________________________.

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