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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times has Mamush's mother left the U.S. since she arrived there?
(a) 3.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. How long had Hannah and Mamush been together when she and Mamush visited Samuel and Elsa's home?
(a) Not quite 2 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) Almost a year.
(d) 6 months.

3. How often did Mamush wake in the middle of the night when he was a child?
(a) Never.
(b) At least once.
(c) 2 or three.
(d) Every couple hours.

4. What did Hannah take a photo of when she and Mamush first visited America?
(a) Silo.
(b) Picket fence.
(c) Barn.
(d) Farmhouse.

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

6. After Mamush and Hannah met, how many nights did they stay together on the pretext that being together helped Hannah sleep?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

7. What bottles did Samuel hid under the couch?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Tequila.

8. When Mamush spent Thanksgiving with Samuel and Elsa, how had Samuel and Elsa been exercising?
(a) Walking.
(b) Bicycling.
(c) Going to a gym.
(d) Hiking.

9. Where did Mamush go to write about a former engineer turned militia leader?
(a) Congo.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Algeria.
(d) Cameroon.

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

11. What season of the year did Mamush's mother come to America?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

12. Where is Samuel from?
(a) Algeria.
(b) Zambia.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Burundi.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far outside Paris do Hannah's parents live?

2. Where was Samuel living when he died?

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

4. What name was on the fake license Mamush brought to college?

5. How far south does Mamush's mother live from Washington, DC?

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