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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have the children not seen their parents for two years?
(a) The children are in foster care.
(b) They are at boarding school.
(c) The parents have AIDS.
(d) The parents are traveling abroad.

2. What has the man in #39 purchased recently?
(a) A boat.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A house.
(d) A car.

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

4. Where does Fofo Kpee take the children on their first ride on the motorcycle?
(a) The ice cream shop.
(b) The beach.
(c) Church.
(d) The mall.

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

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

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

8. The guard questions the children about ___________________.
(a) The neighbors.
(b) Fofo.
(c) Their schooling.
(d) Their new background stories.

9. How old is Jigana?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 17.
(d) 8.

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

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

12. Which is NOT one of the things that Jinga does when Maisha leaves?
(a) Pulls down the mosquito net.
(b) Breaks his school pencils.
(c) Swallows a bottle of glue.
(d) Tears up his school uniform.

13. What does Big Guy promise to give the gravediggers?
(a) Fofo's motorcycle.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A new car.

14. Even though Kotchikpa no longer wants to travel to Gabon with Mama and Papa, Yewa is still allured by Western food and ___________________.
(a) IPods.
(b) Theme parks.
(c) Jeans.
(d) Coca-Cola.

15. What is a tout?
(a) A thief.
(b) A solicitor.
(c) A chef.
(d) A politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kotchikpa overhears Fofo saying that he will travel to Braffe soon to collect ____________________.

2. Who does Mama allow to sleep under the mosquito net?

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

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

5. Fattening for Gabon starts with the line, "Selling your child or nephew could be more difficult than selling ________________________."

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