Q 01/05

What job does Jende Jonga land with Wall Street executive Clark Edwards in Behold the Dreamers?

A) Doorman

B) Chauffeur

C) Bodyguard

D) Butler

Answer · why

B) Chauffeur

Chauffeur to a senior banker is the break Jende can hardly believe in the fall of 2007, and it gives his family hope of a foothold in America.

Q 02/05

Which investment bank, whose 2008 bankruptcy was America's largest ever, employs Clark Edwards in Behold the Dreamers?

A) Bear Stearns

B) Merrill Lynch

C) Lehman Brothers

D) Washington Mutual

Answer · why

C) Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers collapses in September 2008, sending Clark into a tailspin and putting the Jonga family's livelihood at risk.

Q 03/05

Which African country do Jende and Neni Jonga leave for New York, then return to, in Behold the Dreamers?

A) Cameroon

B) Nigeria

C) Ivory Coast

D) Senegal

Answer · why

A) Cameroon

Cameroon is also author Imbolo Mbue's homeland; she was raised in its English-speaking region before moving to the United States to study.

Q 04/05

Which celebrity chose Behold the Dreamers for her widely followed book club in June 2017, ten months after publication?

A) Reese Witherspoon

B) Emma Watson

C) Jenna Bush Hager

D) Oprah Winfrey

Answer · why

D) Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey announced the pick in late June 2017, and Mbue has said she was left speechless when the call came.

Q 05/05

With what kind of scene does Behold the Dreamers open, as Jende Jonga appears in a carefully chosen suit?

A) A job interview

B) A court hearing

C) An airport arrival

D) A wedding feast

Answer · why

A) A job interview

A job interview in Clark Edwards's office opens the book: a blip in a busy day for the banker, and everything for Jende, who arrives with a doctored C...