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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 facility is located down the street from Caitlin's middle school?
(a) A shopping mall.
(b) An elementary school.
(c) A pig slaughterhouse.
(d) An ice-cream parlor.

2. Caitlin's mother knows Zimbabwe by another name. What is that name?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Rhodesia.
(d) Tanzania.

3. What gift in the Christmas box allows Martin's mother "to be counted in society"?
(a) Skirts.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Hats.

4. How does Martin's father pay for the photographer to take Martin's photograph?
(a) He uses Caitlin's dollar for the photo.
(b) He uses his charge card for the photo.
(c) He barters work for the photo.
(d) He trades the family boom box for the photo.

5. What kind of candy does Lois taste for the first time in her life?
(a) A Starburst.
(b) A jawbreaker.
(c) A red hot.
(d) A lollipop.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anne is finally able to talk to Martin's headmaster, how much money does she discover it will take to keep Martin and his siblings in school?

2. Why does Martin study by the light of a fire?

3. When Caitlin and Lisa meet two guys at the mall, where do the guys take them?

4. What food is the staple of Martin's diet?

5. What gift does Martin's father's boss give to Martin's father to bring home for Martin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Martin's reaction to hearing his mother cry?

2. How is Caitlin's friendship with Martin different from the friendships with her girlfriends? (Chapter 11).

3. What does Martin do when he is kicked out of school for non-payment of fees?

4. What does Caitlin do to help support Martin without asking her parents for more money? (Chapter 29)

5. How does Caitlin's gift of $20 affect Martin's family?

6. Why does Martin decide to write Caitlin's parents?

7. What does Caitlin learn about Zimbabwe when discussing her pen pal assignment with her mother?

8. What is Martin's father's reaction to his son receiving the highest score in all of Mutare on a national placement test?

9. At the beginning of the book, Chapter One, what kind of student does Caitlin say she is?

10. What is Caitlin's focus when she is in seventh grade? (Chapter 3). How do we know this?

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