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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jubril not watch the televisions on the bus?
(a) They show offensive Western images.
(b) The screens are too blurry.
(c) He would prefer to sleep.
(d) His eyes are too tired.

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

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

4. What is an emir?
(a) Desert animal.
(b) Coin.
(c) Holy man.
(d) Prayer cloth.

5. What does Madam Aniema do to the soldier to calm him down?
(a) Offers him some food.
(b) Sings to him.
(c) Rubs his hands.
(d) Sprinkles holy water on him.

6. Why do two policeman enter the Luxurious Bus?
(a) To talk to the village chief.
(b) To remove the sick man.
(c) To stop a riot.
(d) To look for a runaway girl.

7. The narrator and her best friend ______________________.
(a) Swim in the sea.
(b) Take piano lessons.
(c) Do everything together.
(d) Ride bikes together.

8. Emeka points out Jubril as being a ______________.
(a) Traitor.
(b) Rebel.
(c) Thief.
(d) Saint.

9. How did Yusuf die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was stoned to death.
(d) He had a terminal illness.

10. Why does Selam suddenly rush off her balcony and back into her apartment?
(a) She needs to get a jacket.
(b) It has started to rain.
(c) She doesn't want her mother to catch her.
(d) She has to answer the phone.

11. One day, the narrator's parents inform her that she can no longer spend time with whom?
(a) Selam.
(b) Yewa.
(c) Hadiya.
(d) Farah.

12. Who says, "Best friends don't quarrel" when Selam begins to cry?
(a) Hadiya.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) Selam.
(d) The narrator.

13. The soldier wants to be a farmer or a ____________________.
(a) Cook.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Shoemaker.
(d) Fisherman.

14. One day, the narrator smells ________________ in the apartment.
(a) Perfume.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Smoke.

15. A man named Emeka takes care of another man who has ___________________.
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Scabies.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jubril's punishment for stealing a goat?

2. This story is about the divide between ____________________________.

3. The chief offers some crackers to Jubril on what condition?

4. Who is Yusuf?

5. What does Jubril fear will reveal that he is a Muslim?

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