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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Neni and Cindy have a heart-to-heart in Chapter 19?
(a) In Neni's bedroom.
(b) On a walk around the neighborhood.
(c) By the pool.
(d) While Neni runs a bath for Mrs. Edwards.

2. What news does Jende give Neni in Chapter 26?
(a) He wants to go back to Africa.
(b) She will go work for the Edwards.
(c) She will not attend school next semester.
(d) He was fired from his job.

3. What does Cindy reveal to Neni about her childhood in Chapter 19?
(a) She was beaten by her father.
(b) She never graduated high school.
(c) She had cancer but she recovered.
(d) She was very poor growing up.

4. What grade does Neni get on the test she studies for?
(a) A+.
(b) B-.
(c) B.
(d) F.

5. What does Jende dream about in Chapter 26?
(a) The death of his father.
(b) Cheating on Neni.
(c) Liomi dying.
(d) Money doublers and financial problems.

6. Where is Jende driving Clark at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) The Chelsea Hotel.
(b) The airport.
(c) The golf course.
(d) The mall.

7. What is Neni's first question after learning about Lehman Brothers?
(a) Does Mr. Edwards still have a job?
(b) Will Jende lose his job?
(c) Will they have to go back to Africa?
(d) How will New York be affected?

8. Who learns of Lehman's collapse first?
(a) Neni.
(b) Jende.
(c) Betty.
(d) Winston.

9. What does Neni think about in Chapter 14 when she is out on 58th street?
(a) Betty's C-section and still born birth.
(b) Her job.
(c) Liomi.
(d) Her family in Cameroon.

10. Where is Jende driving Cindy in Chapter 13?
(a) To a meeting with one of her clients.
(b) To her sister's house.
(c) To an appointment with her therapist.
(d) To have lunch with her friends Cheri and June.

11. What question does Clark ask Jende during the interview?
(a) Can he speak English?
(b) When will he return to Africa?
(c) Is he a legal citizen?
(d) What type of papers does he have?

12. Who does Neni call when she finds Mrs. Edwards passed out?
(a) Vince.
(b) Jende and then Betty.
(c) Mr. Edwards.
(d) The police.

13. What is the name of the Edward's full time housekeeper?
(a) Claire.
(b) Leah.
(c) Anna.
(d) Stacy.

14. What advice does Bubakar give Jende in Chapter 12?
(a) Record everything that Clark says because he may need it one day.
(b) He tells him to stay away from the police if he can help it.
(c) Go to Times Square to see all the people and lights.
(d) Never trust a women.

15. What does Cindy reveal to Neni when she is drunk in Chapter 21?
(a) Clark is cheating on her.
(b) Her father raped her mother.
(c) She is going to fire Jende.
(d) She wants to kill herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Neni been in America?

2. What does Liomi ask Jende in Chapter 20?

3. What does Jende have for breakfast on the morning of his interview?

4. Who is Bubakar?

5. Where does Neni work over the summer?

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