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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What Language is That? (Ethiopia).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do when she first sees Selam at her apartment?
(a) She stares at her.
(b) She throws her some candy.
(c) She closes the drapes.
(d) She yells at her.

2. When Maisha says she wants to get a full-time job, Jigana knows she is thinking about _________________________.
(a) Getting some education.
(b) Waiting tables.
(c) Serving cocktails.
(d) Joining a brothel.

3. What place does Selam have in her family?
(a) The middle child.
(b) An only child.
(c) The youngest child.
(d) The oldest child.

4. What does the narrator note about the streets outside the apartment?
(a) They are filled with people.
(b) They are wet.
(c) They have oil spots.
(d) They are empty.

5. What is notable about the man in #39?
(a) He is crippled.
(b) He has a scar on his face.
(c) He has white hair.
(d) He is deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the story?

2. What currency does Fofo Kpee put in the church collection?

3. What does Fofo Kpee give the children to calm them down about meeting their adoptive parents?

4. One day, the narrator's parents inform her that she can no longer spend time with whom?

5. Maisha snaps at Jinga for ______________________.

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