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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hannah take a photo of when she and Mamush first visited America?
(a) Farmhouse.
(b) Silo.
(c) Barn.
(d) Picket fence.

2. How long did Mamush and his mother live in Chicago?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. What did Mamush write about that caused Samuel to encourage him to come back and celebrate Thanksgiving with him and Elsa?
(a) Murder of an Ethiopian cab driver.
(b) Murder of a Somali cab driver.
(c) Murder of Mexican cab driver.
(d) Murder of a Turkish cab driver.

4. What are the walls of Elsa and Samuel's house made of?
(a) Wood siding.
(b) Stucco.
(c) Brick.
(d) Vinyl siding.

5. When did it become obvious that Mamush's son was moving less and less?
(a) After his 2nd birthday.
(b) When he was 6 months old.
(c) When he was 9 months old.
(d) After his 1st birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. With how many men did Samuel share a one-bedroom apartment when he first moved to the DC suburbs?

2. When was the neighborhood where Mamush imagined Christopher T. Williams lived nearly destroyed by riots?

3. When Mamush was told to list places important to him in a philosophy class in college, how many did he list?

4. When Mamush landed in Chicago, where did he have a cab driver take him?

5. What philosophy course does Mamush remember asking for his mother's help when he was in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Mamush imagine having with Samuel when he goes upstairs to Elsa and Samuel's room?

2. How did Samuel live when he first moved to the DC suburbs?

3. What is one of the few things Mamush knows about his mother's arrival in America?

4. How did Samuel try to help Mamush when he stopped writing?

5. What inspired Mamush to want to go to America for Christmas?

6. What was the home like that Samuel and Elsa lived in when Mamush and Hannah came to America together?

7. What did Hannah find secreted around the apartment she shared with Mamush, and what did she have to say about it?

8. What friend of Mamush's mother died when he was 14, and what did he learn about the woman?

9. How did Mamush get the fake license he took to college?

10. After Mamush left the airport in Chicago, where did he have a cab driver taken him and what did he do there?

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