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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Elsa asked Mamush to watch Samuel in Chapter 17, what did Mamush tell Samuel he had for breakfast?
(a) Dry cereal.
(b) Waffles and bacon.
(c) Pancakes and bacon.
(d) Scrambled eggs, toast, three pieces of bacon, and orange juice.

2. How tall was the apartment building Mamush and his mother lived in at the 3300 block of Fullerton in Chicago?
(a) 4 stories.
(b) 3 stories.
(c) 6 stories.
(d) 5 stories.

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

4. 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.

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

6. What month did Mamush remember Elsa called him on a Saturday morning and asked him the last time he went to church?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) July.
(d) May.

7. In Chapter 20, what does Mamush find in the glove compartment of Samuel's cab?
(a) Map of the DC suburbs.
(b) Atlas of the U.S.
(c) Maps of DC and Virgina.
(d) Maps of DC, Virginia, and Maryland.

8. 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) Gas station.
(d) Bookstore.

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

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

11. In Chapter 18, where was Samuel's car parked?
(a) Third row near the apartment entrance.
(b) Two blocks from the apartment entrance.
(c) Second row near the apartment entrance.
(d) Half a block from the apartment entrance.

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

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

14. In a story Samuel told Mamush in Chapter 29, where are a soldier and a woman driven when they leave Ethiopia?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) South Sudan.
(d) Kenya.

15. On the plane trip to America with Hannah, how many cab drivers did Mamush tell her at killed committed suicide in New York?
(a) 7.
(b) About 15.
(c) At least 10.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a folder Mamush received at the courthouse in Chicago, what was the date of the first parking violation?

2. When Elsa was planning how to redecorate the master bedroom, what type of wood did she want used for the furniture?

3. How old was Mamush when he and Elsa first met?

4. What time did Mamush leave the Chicago courthouse?

5. How long was Mamush gone to Calais and Hannah doubted that he would return?

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