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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. What was the religion of Samuel's caseworker in Chicago?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Mormon.
(d) Catholic.

2. Where did Samuel buy the books he kept in his room at the half-way house?
(a) Bookstore.
(b) Online.
(c) Thrift store.
(d) Library.

3. How many shelves of books are at Samel and Elsa's home?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 25.

4. What color suit is a man wearing who wants to speak to Mamush at Elsa's after Samuel dies?
(a) Black.
(b) Navy.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

5. How old was Mamush when Samuel hung the letters of the Ethiopian alphabet on the wall and had Mamush repeat a few sentences at breakfast every morning?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, where does the man in the gray suit take Mamush?

2. After the police took Samuel and Mamush's mother away, how long did he wait before he came out from his hiding place?

3. At the half-way house, what is Mamush told Samuel left in his room for Mamush?

4. How tall was the apartment building Mamush and his mother lived in at the 3300 block of Fullerton in Chicago?

5. How many days after a man went to pay a parking ticket and was arrested, was he sent to Kenya?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the man in the gray suit that Mamush met at Elsa's take him?

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

3. Why was it important for Samuel to keep his cab clean, but not too clean?

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

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

6. What did Samuel teach Mamush about lying?

7. What was the apartment like where Mamush and his mother lived in Chicago?

8. How did Mamush persuade the clerk at the courthouse to get him the information he wanted?

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

10. How did Samuel attempt to teach Mamush Amharic?

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