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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. Why is Shoba fearful?
(a) She cannot sleep at night for fear of burglars.
(b) Mahesh may be conscripted into the army.
(c) Mahesh has been spending a lot of time with a woman.
(d) Her brothers had vowed to throw acid in her face and kill Mahesh.

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

3. What is Indar's moment of insight?
(a) He understands that he was meant to write the African story.
(b) He realizes he must return to his roots to be happy.
(c) He knows without a doubt that he belongs to himself alone and would surrender his manhood to nobody.
(d) He sees he has not marketed himself correctly.

4. How does Salim reply to Nazruddin?
(a) That he is selling the store and going to London
(b) That the President has put a freeze on expansion
(c) That things are unstable in the town and country
(d) That his store burned to the ground

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Indar's comment about Africa?

2. What signals the end of the town's boom?

3. What does Indar say he actually learned at the University.

4. What does Indar say his goal is now?

5. What upsets Indar when he sees the fake Hindu decorations at the Indian High Commission?

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