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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name was on the fake license Mamush brought to college?
(a) Nathan L. Richards.
(b) Christopher T. Williams.
(c) Andrew E. Phillips.
(d) Michael M. Coffman.

2. In Chapter 8, what did Mamush remember his mother left him for dinner when she had to work late?
(a) Roast.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Sandwiches.

3. When Mamush landed in Chicago, where did he have a cab driver take him?
(a) Courthouse.
(b) His old school.
(c) Samuel's old apartment.
(d) His old neighborhood.

4. Where is Mamush when he lears that Samuel died?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) At home.
(c) Driving in a car.
(d) At an airport.

5. How old was Mamush when he gave Samuel and Elsa a miniature grandfather clock?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

6. At the airport before Mamush flew to America, from what Terminal dd he try to send a photo to Hannah?
(a) 3C.
(b) 2B.
(c) 2E.
(d) 3A.

7. With how many men did Samuel share a one-bedroom apartment when he first moved to the DC suburbs?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

8. What was the name of a girlfriend Mamuh remembers from college in Chapter 4?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Claire.
(d) Mari.

9. How long did Samuel live in Italy?
(a) More than a year.
(b) 1 1/2 years.
(c) About a year.
(d) 2 years.

10. What language did Samuel speak besides English?
(a) Oromo.
(b) Kafa.
(c) Harai.
(d) Amharic.

11. Where did Mamush get the fake license he brought to college?
(a) His apartment building.
(b) A grocery store near Elsa and Samuel's home.
(c) Shopping mall.
(d) A library.

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

13. 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) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

15. How far south does Mamush's mother live from Washington, DC?
(a) 15 miles.
(b) 17 miles.
(c) 9 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

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 many minutes a day did Hannah think it would take Mamush to practice French and be fluent in a year?

4. How many women were in line at a courthouse when a cab driver left Mamush there?

5. At Ethiopian funerals, how many days did Samuel say they would sit and talk and tell stories that were not true?

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