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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 2.
(d) 9.

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

3. How many shelves of books are at Samel and Elsa's home?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 25.

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

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

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

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

8. How long after a woman and a soldier arrive at a refugee camp in Samuel's story, do they start being intimate?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

9. When Mamush was assigned to write the story of the murdered Somali cab driver, how many Somalis had he met?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

11. When was the first time that Samuel came to Stephanos's half-way house?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 12 years.

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

13. 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) Elsa.
(c) Man in the gray suit.
(d) A cab driver.

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

15. Who brought Samuel to the halfway house the first time he came?
(a) The police.
(b) A fellow cab driver.
(c) Mamush's mother.
(d) Elsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Samuel a soldier?

2. What color awning was on the hotel where Mamush stayed in Chicago?

3. After the police took Samuel and Mamush's mother away, how long did he wait before he came out from his hiding place?

4. Why did Samuel tell Mamush he shaved his mustache?

5. When Samuel lived in Paris, how many crepes would he buy at a time?

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