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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. In Chapter 4, how old is Afiya when she gets her own room for the first time?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

2. In Chapter 5, where does the officer say that he is from?
(a) Marbach.
(b) Freiberg.
(c) Murr.
(d) Affalterbach.

3. How old was Ilyas when he ran away from home?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

4. How many siblings did Qassim have?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. What month and day does Afiya select for her birthday in Chapter 6?
(a) 15th day of the 10th month.
(b) 4th day of the 8th month.
(c) 6th day of the 6th month.
(d) 10th day of the 5th month.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how many girls does Bi Habiba teach in her home before Afiya is sent to learn from her?

2. At what call to prayer does the officer usually pour himself his first schanpps of the evening in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 5, how old is Julius, the senior orderly?

4. How old was Afiya when her aun told her why they took her in?

5. In Chapter 5, how many askari are on the march?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Khalifa work for after the Gujarat banker brothers decide to transfer their business to Mombasa?

2. How does Afiya spend the first few months she is with Khalifa and Asha?

3. How do the Germans end the Maji Maji uprising?

4. What instructions are the recruits given after they have a medical exam?

5. How does Ilyas come to work at the sisal estate?

6. Who does Khalifa marry and how does he come to marry?

7. What does Hamza learn from the sick report he collects from the medical officer and takes to the Oberleutnant?

8. Who is Qassim?

9. What is Hamza's first evening like as askari?

10. What is Afiya's life like when Ilyas takes her to the city?

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