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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much more did Mamush pay for a ticket after missing his first flight?
(a) 1 1/2 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 2 1/2 times.

2. How many years older was Mamush on his fake license than in real life?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

4. Where was Samuel living when he died?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Alexandria.

5. 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.

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

7. In Chapter 5, how many people does Mamush recognize from the last Thanksgiving meal he attended at Samuel and Elsa's apartment?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/2.

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

9. How many times did Mamush try to call Hannah before he was supposed to catch his flight to America?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

10. How many times had Samuel been arrested in his life?
(a) Once.
(b) At least twice.
(c) 3.
(d) 4 or 5.

11. What was the name of the friend who used to call Mamush's mother a "tough cookie" (73)?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Mary.

12. What excuse did Hannah use to try to get another flight in Chapter 1?
(a) Her son had an infectious disease.
(b) Her son broke his arm.
(c) Her son broke his foot.
(d) Her son had measles.

13. How many minutes a day did Hannah think it would take Mamush to practice French and be fluent in a year?
(a) 45.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

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

15. What is the name of Samuel's wife?
(a) Jalene.
(b) Elsa.
(c) Lilia.
(d) Amara.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time Mamush landed in Chicago, how long of a layover did his passport show he had had in Dubai?

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

3. When Mamush landed in Chicago, where did he have a cab driver take him?

4. What are the walls of Elsa and Samuel's house made of?

5. How old was Mamush when he overheard his mother talking about a lawyer friend in Chicago who passed away?

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