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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?
(a) He wants to read the book first.
(b) He says it isn't his job.
(c) He throws the book in the river.
(d) He gets angry and refuses to do it.

4. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?
(a) Money gotten on a black market exchange
(b) A book that belongs to the lycee
(c) Some carved ivory
(d) Gold nuggets

5. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?
(a) They had no place to go.
(b) They had never known anything else.
(c) They became part of the family that owned them.
(d) They were paid wages for their work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Salim's ethnic background?

3. Moving deeper into Africa, what crosses Salim's mind?

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

5. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?

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