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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. Who pulls up to Mamush to talk to him when he is driving Samuel's cab in Chapter 22?

2. In Chapter 17, as Mamush is leaving Elsa's what time does he tell a man wearing a suit that he will return the next day?

3. Where was Elsa working when Mamush met her for the first time?

4. How many shelves of books are at Samel and Elsa's home?

5. What time did Mamush leave the Chicago courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What picture does Hannah send Mamush when he is sitting in a cab near Elsa and Samuel's home?

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

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

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

6. How did Mamush meet Elsa?

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

8. What did Samuel teach Mamush about lying?

9. How did Samuel attempt to teach Mamush Amharic?

10. What information did the clerk at the courthouse have for Mamush?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mamush has struggled with real and imagined fear throughout his life. How did Samuel and his mother try to help him conquer his fears, and were they successful in helping him?

Essay Topic 2

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Mamush’s character arc, and what situations influence his growth and maturity?

Essay Topic 3

Juxtaposition is a literary device used to compare and contrast things. How does Mengestu use juxtaposition to camper Mamush and Hannah and Mamush and Samuel? How does juxtaposition help readers understand similarities and differences between these characters?

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