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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salim think when he is shown the collection of African masks?
(a) That the masks are dangerous
(b) That Father Huismans is insane
(c) That he has no interest in such things
(d) That it represents Zabeth's world

2. How does Father Huismans see himself?
(a) As a European who became African
(b) As a chronicler of African history
(c) As the last lucky observer of the old Africa
(d) As a prophet of doom for Africa

3. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Ferdinand
(b) Salim
(c) Metty
(d) Raymond

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?

2. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

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

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

5. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?

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