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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maisha make money for the family?
(a) She works in the fields.
(b) She is a prostitute.
(c) She cleans houses.
(d) She sews.

2. Maisha snaps at Jinga for ______________________.
(a) Trying to wish her goodnight.
(b) Looking in her purse.
(c) Stepping on her foot.
(d) Playing music too loud.

3. What is notable about the man in #39?
(a) He is crippled.
(b) He has white hair.
(c) He has a scar on his face.
(d) He is deaf.

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

5. What does Jigana think he should have done to help support the family?
(a) Delivered newspapers.
(b) Joined a street gang.
(c) Worked at the hatchery.
(d) Worked at McDonald's.

6. Why does the person in #61 begin to shake Fofo and yell at him?
(a) Fofo has let the children get away.
(b) Fofo does not want to go through with the deal.
(c) Fofo has sold the motorcycle.
(d) Fofo has gambled all the money away.

7. What does Jigana want to do to Maisha's clients?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Fight them.
(c) Strangle them.
(d) Stab them.

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

9. Fofo Kpee tells the children that they have _________________ who want to adopt them.
(a) Friends.
(b) Godparents.
(c) Church members.
(d) Neighbors.

10. What does the guard force the children to drink?
(a) Unsweetened tea.
(b) Warm milk.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Castor oil.

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

12. Who is outraged that he/she overslept on Christmas and lost the chance to beg from white tourists?
(a) The mother.
(b) The father.
(c) Maisha.
(d) Jigana.

13. Which of the following is NOT something Maisha had when she left for work a few days ago?
(a) Newly bleached skin.
(b) Pair of black jeans.
(c) Freshly applied perm.
(d) Long artificial fingernails.

14. What new name does Mama give to Kotchikpa?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Pascal.
(c) Paul.
(d) Pieter.

15. Who is a tout in the story?
(a) Femir Dput.
(b) Falafel Gabon.
(c) Farah Ngee.
(d) Fofo Kpee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mama downs a bottle of _______________ which is usually reserved for the children.

2. What does Mama suggest giving the neighbors for Christmas?

3. What does the guard tell the children?

4. What does Big Guy promise to give the gravediggers?

5. What does Baba use to fan the chemicals out of the house?

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