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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how many hours was Samuel sleeping in the morning?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. What were Samuel's favorte television shows?
(a) Westerns.
(b) True crime.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Science fiction.

3. Why did Samuel tell Mamush he shaved his mustache?
(a) Mamush's mother asked him to shave.
(b) When he wanted to become an American citizen.
(c) For a job interview.
(d) Elsa asked him to shave it.

4. What is Samuel's room at the halfway house filled with?
(a) Takeout boxes.
(b) Books.
(c) Trash.
(d) Maps.

5. How long was Mamush gone to Calais and Hannah doubted that he would return?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

6. What was the name of the woman who was Samuel's caseworker in Chicago?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Helen.
(c) Louise.
(d) Nancy.

7. How did Samuel say the front end of his cab got smashed?
(a) Hit a light pole.
(b) Hit an electric box.
(c) Hit a stop sign.
(d) Hit a fire hydrant.

8. How does Mamush get inside Samuel's cab in Chapter 20?
(a) Breaks a window.
(b) Unlocked driver's-side door.
(c) Unlocked passenger's-side door.
(d) Jimmies the lock open.

9. What replaced the corner store near the apartment where Mamush and his mother used to live in Chicago?
(a) Luxury loft apartments.
(b) Gas station.
(c) Bookstore.
(d) Condominiums.

10. In Chapter 17, as Mamush is leaving Elsa's what time does he tell a man wearing a suit that he will return the next day?
(a) Before noon.
(b) After noon.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

11. How many days after a man went to pay a parking ticket and was arrested, was he sent to Kenya?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

12. In Chapter 27, how many times did Samuel call Mamush when Mamush was cruising bars and trying to get drugs in Chicago?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

13. When Mamush got a hotel in Chicago, what flag was on the wall of the reception area?
(a) Pakistani.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) Ethiopian.

14. What was the name of the first editor Mamush worked with?
(a) Martin.
(b) Monica.
(c) Susan.
(d) Richard.

15. How long has Stephanos been running a half-way house?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Samuel's story about a woman and soldier, where does the couple pretend to have been married?

2. How many hours a day did Samuel used to spend in parking garages?

3. On the plane trip to America with Hannah, how many cab drivers did Mamush tell her at killed committed suicide in New York?

4. In Chapter 29, in Samuel's story, where do a soldier and a woman end up in a refugee camp?

5. How long after Mamush and Hannah met did he move into her apartment?

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