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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Samuel say the soldier in his story started buying from cooks and mangers when he worked in diners in Chicago?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Amphetamines.
(c) Benzodiapines.
(d) Methamphetamines.

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

4. When Elsa was planning how to redecorate the master bedroom, what type of wood did she want used for the furniture?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Oak.
(d) Maple.

5. How old was Mamush when Samuel hung the letters of the Ethiopian alphabet on the wall and had Mamush repeat a few sentences at breakfast every morning?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

6. In Chapter 29, in Samuel's story, where do a soldier and a woman end up in a refugee camp?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Chad.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) Congo.

7. What replaced the fence and abandoned lot near where Mamush and his mother used to live in Chicago?
(a) Dry cleaner.
(b) Chinese restaurant.
(c) Bicycle shop.
(d) Thai restaurant.

8. What colors did Mamush remember Samuel's taxi had been in Chapter 18?
(a) White, gray, and navy blue.
(b) Yellow, red, and black.
(c) Green, red, and yellow.
(d) Gray, red, and navy blue.

9. After six months in America, how much did Samuel owe in parking tickets?
(a) $50.
(b) $300.
(c) More than $1,000.
(d) Hundred of dollars.

10. Where did Samuel's caseworker in Chicago send him for a job interview?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Office building.
(d) Garage.

11. When Mamush is at Elsa's after Samuel dies, how many car keys does he find in the bedroom?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

12. In Chapter 22, where does the man in the gray suit take Mamush?
(a) Two-story colonial house.
(b) 4-story brick apartment building.
(c) 3-story brick apartment building.
(d) Two-story brick house.

13. How old does Mamush remember he was when he and Samuel drove in circles looking for a parking lot when Samuel refused to park in a garage?
(a) 12 or 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 10 or 11.
(d) 9.

14. When Samuel was upset one night, and Mamush left against Elsa's wishes, how long did it take him to walk home?
(a) An hour.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

15. On the morning Elsa asked Mamush to watch Samuel, where did Samuel say he drove--6 hours there and 6 hours back?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was a woman that Samuel drove to Massachusetts?

2. When Mamush told Samuel he was coming for Christmas, how long did Samuel tell him it took him to get the car started again after it stopped?

3. In Chapter 22, how long ago was the front end of Samuel's cab smashed?

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

5. How does Mamush get inside Samuel's cab in Chapter 20?

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