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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 do the family members do when they eat the food that Maisha has brought home?
(a) Vomit and eat some more.
(b) Invite neighbors in.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Stretch out on the floor.

2. What does Fofo Kpee give the children to calm them down about meeting their adoptive parents?
(a) Wine.
(b) Juice.
(c) Gin.
(d) Cocoa.

3. How many days does the narrator watch Selam's apartment building?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

4. What does Naema's boyfriend give her on Christmas?
(a) A locket.
(b) A cooked chicken leg.
(c) A gift card.
(d) A scarf.

5. What does Jigana think he should have done to help support the family?
(a) Delivered newspapers.
(b) Worked at the hatchery.
(c) Joined a street gang.
(d) Worked at McDonald's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Naema?

2. Why will Fofo Kpee not allow any windows in the house to be opened?

3. Even though Kotchikpa no longer wants to travel to Gabon with Mama and Papa, Yewa is still allured by Western food and ___________________.

4. How many. pages is this short story?

5. Which of the following is NOT something Selam likes about the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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