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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 long had Samuel been driving a cab in DC when he was mistakenly arrested?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 months.

2. How long after Mamush's son was born did he spend seven days in Calais reporting on a migrant camp?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 months.

3. Where did Mamush go to write about a former engineer turned militia leader?
(a) Algeria.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Congo.
(d) Cameroon.

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

5. How far outside Paris do Hannah's parents live?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 1 1/2 hours.
(c) 50 kilometers.
(d) 87 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mamush get the fake license he brought to college?

2. How long did Samuel live in Italy?

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

4. How many minutes a day did Hannah think it would take Mamush to practice French and be fluent in a year?

5. In college, how many days did Mamush spend writing a pretend biography?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is wrong with Mamush's son?

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

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

6. How did Hannah and Mamush meet?

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

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

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

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

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