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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Salim get from Uganda?
(a) Nazruddin writes that his business is flourishing.
(b) Nazruddin sends Salim a letter telling him that things are not going well.
(c) The BBC reports wide spread unrest.
(d) Uganda wins a United Nations recognition of excellence.

2. How does the President manage the war in the town and surrounding area?
(a) He sends mercenaries who shoot two of the army officers.
(b) He moves his capital to the town.
(c) He conscripts the villagers into his own army.
(d) He calls in United Nations peace keepers.

3. How do the businessmen react to the changes coming about?
(a) They build a new airport.
(b) They start recuriting industry for the town.
(c) They get busy and make contingency plans.
(d) They kid themselves by talking about how their town is better than anywhere else.

4. What comes down the river in a dugout?
(a) Food and supplies for the lycee.
(b) Father Huismans arranges for a shipment of masks.
(c) Barges of rusty military equipment.
(d) The mutilated body of Father Huismans with a severed head.

5. What begins happening to the town as the area becomes more peaceful?
(a) There is a flood and the town is all but wiped out.
(b) Villagers no longer visit the town.
(c) Villagers return and many of them stay.
(d) The townspeople begin cleaning up the town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim fear is behind the letter from Nazruddin?

2. What do the villagers do that becomes a threat to the town?

3. What is Indar's moment of insight?

4. What is Mahesh's behavior while Shoba is gone?

5. How have Salim's ideas shifted since his affair with Yvette?

(see the answer key)

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