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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. In Chapter 5, how many people does Mamush recognize from the last Thanksgiving meal he attended at Samuel and Elsa's apartment?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 2/3.

2. With how many men did Samuel share a one-bedroom apartment when he first moved to the DC suburbs?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

3. What was the name of the friend who used to call Mamush's mother a "tough cookie" (73)?
(a) Mary.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Rachel.

4. How old was Mamush when he though he wanted to write a book about the history of human migration from Ethiopia?
(a) 25.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 22.

5. What was the name of a girlfriend Mamuh remembers from college in Chapter 4?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Mari.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mamush returns to America, how long has it been since he visited Samuel and Elsa's home?

2. How often did Mamush wake in the middle of the night when he was a child?

3. How far south does Mamush's mother live from Washington, DC?

4. At the airport before Mamush flew to America, from what Terminal dd he try to send a photo to Hannah?

5. How long did Mamush and his mother live in Chicago?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When and why did Samuel insist Mamush celebrate Thanksgiving with him and Elsa after college and Mamush started his career?

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

5. How did Hannah and Mamush meet?

6. What does Mamush's mother tell him about Samuel's death?

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

8. Who was Samuel and what did Mamush remember about life with him?

9. Where did Mamush spend time a few months after his son was born?

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

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