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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. Where did Mamush find a business card for a law firm in Chicago in Chapter 8?
(a) The top of a cabinet in the kitchen.
(b) Back of the nightstand drawer.
(c) His mother's jewelry box.
(d) A shoebox under the bed.

2. Where is Mamush when he lears that Samuel died?
(a) Driving in a car.
(b) At home.
(c) At an airport.
(d) His mother's house.

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

4. In college, how many days did Mamush spend writing a pretend biography?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 4 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mamush's son in Chapter 1?

2. How old was Mamush when he though he wanted to write a book about the history of human migration from Ethiopia?

3. How many times has Mamush's mother left the U.S. since she arrived there?

4. How many times did Mamush try to call Hannah before he was supposed to catch his flight to America?

5. How long had Hannah and Mamush been together when she and Mamush visited Samuel and Elsa's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens before the first guests leave Samuel and Elsa's house?

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

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

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

6. How did Hannah and Mamush meet?

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

8. How did Mamush learn that Samuel died?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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