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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a nosy woman on the bus ask Jubril?
(a) Why his hair is so long.
(b) Why he isn't watching TV.
(c) Why he is traveling alone.
(d) Why he is not in school.

2. How many. pages is this short story?
(a) 10.
(b) 17.
(c) 31.
(d) 5.

3. Which of the following is NOT something the narrator likes about her best friend?
(a) Handwriting.
(b) Dimples.
(c) Long legs.
(d) Sense of humor.

4. Who is the best friend of the person in #74?
(a) Fatwah.
(b) Selah.
(c) Selam.
(d) Yewa.

5. Why does the person in #115 yell at Jubril?
(a) He had the audacity to speak to him.
(b) He spilled water on them.
(c) He dropped his bag on her lap.
(d) He stepped on his foot.

6. Why is Jubril uncomfortable around the women on the bus?
(a) They flirt with him.
(b) They wear too much makeup.
(c) They wear too much perfume.
(d) They are in Western clothes.

7. Why do the narrator's parents no longer want her to play with a certain girl?
(a) She is disrespectful.
(b) She is rude.
(c) She is a bad influence.
(d) She is Muslim.

8. This story is told from which point of view?
(a) Second person narrative.
(b) First person narrative.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Third person narrative.

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

10. What is the setting of the story?
(a) Sardinia.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Nigeria.

11. Who has taken Jubril's reserved seat on the bus?
(a) A priest.
(b) A school girl.
(c) A mother and child.
(d) A village chief.

12. Who says, "Best friends don't quarrel" when Selam begins to cry?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Selam.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) Hadiya.

13. During one vacation, Selam asks the narrator ___________________________.
(a) If hamburger is pork.
(b) If she wants to learn French.
(c) If she has ever kissed a boy.
(d) If she knows how to water ski.

14. What is notable about Jubril's appearance?
(a) He is missing a hand.
(b) He has burn scars on his face.
(c) One leg is shorter than the other.
(d) He has turquoise eyes.

15. Jubril buys a ticket on which bus line to take him out of the city to his father's village?
(a) Nigerian Express Lines.
(b) Luxurious Buses.
(c) Greyhound Bus.
(d) Amtrak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madam Aniema do to the soldier to calm him down?

2. A man named Emeka takes care of another man who has ___________________.

3. Selam's parents have given her permission to eat ___________________.

4. What does the chief drop into Jubril's lap?

5. Why is the soldier anxious to reach the village?

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