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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mamush returns to America, how long has it been since he visited Samuel and Elsa's home?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. Where did Mamush find a business card for a law firm in Chicago in Chapter 8?
(a) His mother's jewelry box.
(b) Back of the nightstand drawer.
(c) A shoebox under the bed.
(d) The top of a cabinet in the kitchen.

3. What are the walls of Elsa and Samuel's house made of?
(a) Brick.
(b) Wood siding.
(c) Vinyl siding.
(d) Stucco.

4. Who hosted the dinner where Mamush and Hannah met?
(a) Mamush's friend.
(b) A professor turned aspiring writer.
(c) A banker turned aspiring writer.
(d) Hannah's girlfriend.

5. When was the neighborhood where Mamush imagined Christopher T. Williams lived nearly destroyed by riots?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1940s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mamush when he though he wanted to write a book about the history of human migration from Ethiopia?

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

3. How old was Mamush when he gave Samuel and Elsa a miniature grandfather clock?

4. When Mamush spent Thanksgiving with Samuel and Elsa, how had Samuel and Elsa been exercising?

5. How many times has Mamush's mother left the U.S. since she arrived there?

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