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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?
(a) He thinks Father Huismans is stealing from the lycee.
(b) He cannot find his glasses.
(c) He is sick and there is no doctor.
(d) He thinks conditions are too difficult to tolerate.

2. What is the social occasion between Salim, Shoba, and Mahesh?
(a) A concert
(b) A church service
(c) A party
(d) A dinner

3. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?
(a) She uses it to keep people away for her protection.
(b) She has been without soap until Salim reopens the shop.
(c) It is a trait of her village tribe.
(d) She runs a slaughterhouse in the village.

4. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?
(a) To get away from persecution
(b) For a chance to study
(c) To do Nazruddin a favor
(d) To break away from his family

5. Why does the Belgium not eat the food in the lycee dining room?
(a) He is repulsed by seeing African boys eating caterpillars.
(b) He thinks they are serving dog meat.
(c) He can only eat vegetables.
(d) His stomach won't tolerate the African food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salim's Moslem religion differ from pure Arabian religion?

2. On his trip to the central part of Africa, who stops Salim often for money or supplies?

3. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?

4. What does Salim see as the contradiction in Father Huismans?

5. How does Father Huismans see himself?

(see the answer key)

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