View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ferdinand promise to do but does not do?
(a) Take the book back
(b) Help Metty close up the shop
(c) Find a parttime job
(d) Apologize to Salim

2. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?
(a) That Africans have attacked Arabs on the eastern coast
(b) That a tsunami has struck the east coast
(c) That the Arabs on the east coast have migrated to Egypt
(d) That an earthquake destroyed his hometown

3. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?
(a) Marry her and be a father to Ferdinand
(b) Be Ferdinand's guardian while he studies at the lycee
(c) Take Ferdinand as a shop slave
(d) Teach Ferdinand the shop business

4. What behavior does Ferdinand go through after coming to the lycee?
(a) He decides to get close to Salim.
(b) He becomes sullen and tries to run away.
(c) He becomes an African militant.
(d) He tries out different personalities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the slave that Salim's family sends to stay with him?

2. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?

3. Who is Salim's childhood friend who is going to England to study?

4. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 311 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample