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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 Samuel's caseworker in Chicago send him for a job interview?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Office building.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Garage.

2. What replaced the corner store near the apartment where Mamush and his mother used to live in Chicago?
(a) Gas station.
(b) Luxury loft apartments.
(c) Bookstore.
(d) Condominiums.

3. After the police took Samuel and Mamush's mother away, how long did he wait before he came out from his hiding place?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

4. Where did Mamush's mother have him hide when the police came to arrest Samuel?
(a) Under the bed.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) Under the kitchen sink.
(d) In a closet.

5. How long has Stephanos been running a half-way house?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after a woman and a soldier arrive at a refugee camp in Samuel's story, do they start being intimate?

2. Who brought Samuel to the halfway house the first time he came?

3. On the plane trip to America with Hannah, how many cab drivers did Mamush tell her at killed committed suicide in New York?

4. In Samuel's story about a woman and soldier, where does the couple pretend to have been married?

5. When Elsa asked Mamush to watch Samuel in Chapter 17, what did Mamush tell Samuel he had for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes did Mamush notice as he walked where the corner store used to be near his mother and his apartment in Chicago?

2. How did Mamush meet Elsa?

3. What did Mamush remember about parking with Samuel when he was 12 or 13?

4. What is Samuel's room like at the half-way house?

5. Why did Samuel tell Mamush to never apologize for anything?

6. What happened when the police came to arrest Samuel when Mamush and his mother lived in Chicago?

7. Who did Samuel drive to Massachusetts, and how did he plan to turn trips like that into a business?

8. What did an Ethiopian named Abdi tell Mamush about a cousin who was deported?

9. What did Mamush learn about Samuel and keys when he and Hannah visited Samuel and Elsa?

10. What did Mamush's mother tell him about Samuel coming to live with them?

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