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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the wooden ice cream spoon venture foolish?
(a) The finished products were too expensive.
(b) The spoons were to flimsy.
(c) There was no ice cream.
(d) People preferred ice cream cones.

2. Moving deeper into Africa, what crosses Salim's mind?
(a) He fears he did not bring enough supplies.
(b) He wonders if he had made a mistake.
(c) He questions whether he knows how to run a store.
(d) He debates turning around and going back to the coast.

3. What venture does Mahesh undertake that worries Salim?
(a) He makes elixers for illnesses.
(b) He makes a contract with the President.
(c) He starts trading with the army.
(d) He opens a taxi service.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the social occasion between Salim, Shoba, and Mahesh?

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

3. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?

4. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?

5. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?

(see the answer key)

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