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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?
(a) Three generations
(b) Over one hundred years
(c) Five years
(d) From the time Salim was born

2. What is Salim's ethnic background?
(a) His family came from the Arabian penninsula.
(b) His family from northwest India is considered Arab.
(c) He is Arab with African blood from his grandmother.
(d) Salim is half Arab and half European.

3. What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?
(a) Salim is exhilarated by the evening but Indar is edgy.
(b) Salim is confused, but Indar is sure of himself.
(c) Indar wants to meditate but Salim wants to talk.
(d) Indar sees the beauty of the place while Salim sees only garbage.

4. What does Indar say about Raymond?
(a) He is never seen at the Domain.
(b) He is very wise for one so young,
(c) He is the President's white man.
(d) He is the President's brother-in-law.

5. Who does Salim go to see at the lycee?
(a) The Belgian clerk
(b) Ferdinand
(c) Raymond
(d) Father Huismans

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition is the town in after the squatters settle?

2. What does the President do at a ruined suburb?

3. What venture does Mahesh undertake that worries Salim?

4. What was wrong with Mahesh's engraving machine that makes signs?

5. How does Father Huismans see himself?

(see the answer key)

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