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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mama do on Christmas morning to celebrate the day?
(a) Reads the names of ancestors written in the Bible.
(b) Goes to church.
(c) Makes pancakes and tea.
(d) Sings Christmas carols.

5. What does Mama suggest giving the neighbors for Christmas?
(a) Cookies.
(b) A fruitcake.
(c) Wine.
(d) A liter of petrol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fofo Kpee keep the motorcycle?

2. What has the man in #39 purchased recently?

3. What currency does Fofo Kpee put in the church collection?

4. How does Maisha make money for the family?

5. How old is Yewa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mama give her children glue to sniff on Christmas morning?

2. How does Fofo Kpee explain the delivery of the new motorcycle to the children?

3. Why is Maisha a prostitute at the age of twelve?

4. Why would Kotchikpa think that the motorcycle is a reward from God?

5. What does the motorcycle symbolize in the story?

6. Who is Big Guy and what is he looking for at Fofo Kpee's house?

7. How does Maisha's physical appearance symbolize her stolen innocence derived from her beauty?

8. How do Jigana and his siblings get money from people on the streets?

9. What is the premise of "Fattening for Gabon"?

10. Why does Mama try to break into Maisha's trunk?

(see the answer keys)

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