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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

2. Where did Mamush remember his mother left him the last time she went to the courthouse?
(a) Library.
(b) The corner store.
(c) Their apartment.
(d) A bench outside the courthouse.

3. In a folder Mamush received at the courthouse in Chicago, what was the date of the first parking violation?
(a) April 1984.
(b) September 1984.
(c) August 1984.
(d) March 1984.

4. Who pulls up to Mamush to talk to him when he is driving Samuel's cab in Chapter 22?
(a) Man in the navy suit.
(b) A cab driver.
(c) Elsa.
(d) Man in the gray suit.

5. How many hours a day did Samuel used to spend in parking garages?
(a) 8-10.
(b) 9.
(c) 10-12.
(d) 15.

6. What color awning was on the hotel where Mamush stayed in Chicago?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

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

8. What color suit is a man wearing who wants to speak to Mamush at Elsa's after Samuel dies?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Navy.

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

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

11. When Mamush was in Chicago and sent photos of the area where he and his mother used to live to Hannah, who responded with two texts?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Elsa.
(c) Samuel.
(d) His mother.

12. Where was Elsa working when Mamush met her for the first time?
(a) Reston.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Georgetown.
(d) Bethseda.

13. After the police took Samuel and Mamush's mother away, how long did he wait before he came out from his hiding place?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Chicago from Mamush's mother's home?

2. When Mamush was assigned to write the story of the murdered Somali cab driver, how many Somalis had he met?

3. In Chapter 18, where was Samuel's car parked?

4. When Mamush and Samuel visited America, how often was Samuel losing his keys daily?

5. In a story Samuel told Mamush in Chapter 29, where are a soldier and a woman driven when they leave Ethiopia?

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