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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. How many times did Mamush try to call Hannah before he was supposed to catch his flight to America?
(a) 17.
(b) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

2. How often did Mamush wake in the middle of the night when he was a child?
(a) At least once.
(b) Every couple hours.
(c) Never.
(d) 2 or three.

3. When Mamush was asked to write a story about migrant camp, how long had it been since he was commmissioned to write?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 11 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

4. How old was Mamush when Samuel first learned he existed?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

5. How many days before Christmas does Mamush learn Samuel died?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mamush when he overheard his mother talking about a lawyer friend in Chicago who passed away?

2. How long was Mamush's flight from Paris to Chicago?

3. Where is Mamush when he lears that Samuel died?

4. What did Mamush write about that caused Samuel to encourage him to come back and celebrate Thanksgiving with him and Elsa?

5. Where did Mamush decide to fly after he missed his flight to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mamush know and remember about living in Chicago?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What song did Mamush hum to Hannah, and how was the song familiar to her?

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

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

10. What was Mamush doing in Paris before he and Hannah met?

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