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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the guard force the children to do?
(a) Eat to fatten them up.
(b) Study 12 hours a day.
(c) Stay in their beds all day.
(d) Clean the house.

2. Who arrives unexpectedly one night to say that the children will be leaving within the week?
(a) Papa.
(b) Monsieur Abraham.
(c) Big Guy.
(d) Mama.

3. With what does Mama spray down the house?
(a) Water.
(b) Lysol.
(c) Pine-Sol.
(d) Insecticide.

4. Kotchikpa is surprised to find that ____________________ has been in on the plot all along.
(a) Monsieur Abraham.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Big Guy.
(d) Mama.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Naema do to Baby while out begging to keep him dry?
(a) Holds an umbrella over him.
(b) Wraps him in plastic bags.
(c) Puts a newspaper over him.
(d) Puts a hoodie on him.

11. Fofo makes the children memorize _____________________.
(a) Fictional stories about themselves.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The alphabet.
(d) Song lyrics.

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

13. Mama and Papa bring new siblings named _________________________.
(a) Michael and Melanie.
(b) Antoinette and Paul.
(c) Elaine and Andrew.
(d) Angelina and Frank.

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

15. Which sibling of Maisha's is the only one she will allow to hang out on the street with her?
(a) Atieno.
(b) Otieno.
(c) Jigana.
(d) Naema.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where do Jigana and his family live?

4. Why do the children take Baby to town with them?

5. The guard questions the children about ___________________.

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