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

2. How does Salim find the town when he arrives?
(a) It is beginning to prosper.
(b) Many new shops and houses are under construction.
(c) The President has put money into the town's recovery.
(d) It is more than half destroyed from the revolution.

3. Who is the slave that Salim's family sends to stay with him?
(a) Indar
(b) Ferdinand
(c) Metty
(d) Mahesh

4. Who does Salim think about who had been driven on foot along the same road he travels?
(a) African slaves
(b) Prisoners who built the road
(c) Arab settlers being forced out
(d) Captured Europeans

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?

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

3. Who sold him the store he is going to run?

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

5. What is the rumor Ferdinand spreads in the town?

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