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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What seat was Mamush supposed to have on the flight he missed to America?

3. What did Hannah take a photo of when she and Mamush first visited America?

4. How long before Mamush left Paris to see his mother had Hannah been finding drugs that Mamush was taking when he was alone?

5. What name was on the fake license Mamush brought to college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What stories did Mamush write about struggling and tenacious immigrants in America?

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

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

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

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

8. How did Hannah and Mamush meet?

9. What is wrong with Mamush's son?

10. How did Mamush miss his flight to America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates art, music, or writing based upon their interpretation of life. How does Mengestu use artistic license to create the realistic background of Someone Like Us?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Mamush?

Essay Topic 3

Both Mamush and Samuel have struggled with addiction. How has addiction affected the lives of both men?

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