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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rounds of food go around the room at Samuel and Elsa's house in Chapter 7 before the first guests begin to leave?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. What philosophy course does Mamush remember asking for his mother's help when he was in college?
(a) Epistemology.
(b) Ontology.
(c) Axiology.
(d) Aesthetics.

3. How long did Mamush and his mother live in Chicago?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

4. What did Mamush write about that caused Samuel to encourage him to come back and celebrate Thanksgiving with him and Elsa?
(a) Murder of a Somali cab driver.
(b) Murder of Mexican cab driver.
(c) Murder of an Ethiopian cab driver.
(d) Murder of a Turkish cab driver.

5. In Chapter 10, onto what street did Mamush's cab driver turn when they neared the neighborhood where Mamush imagined Christopher T. Williams lived?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Armitage.
(c) Cortland.
(d) Wabansia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mamush's son in Chapter 1?

2. How long did Samuel live in Italy?

3. How old was Hiwot's brother when he died?

4. Where is Samuel from?

5. When Mamush was in college, how often did he and his mother speak?

(see the answer key)

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