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

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

3. What does Salim learn about Zabeth's family?
(a) That she has a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son
(b) That she keeps her children hidden in the jungle
(c) That she is related by blood to everyone in her village
(d) That her family was killed in the revolution

4. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?
(a) He thinks Father Huismans is stealing from the lycee.
(b) He cannot find his glasses.
(c) He thinks conditions are too difficult to tolerate.
(d) He is sick and there is no doctor.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Nazruddin come into possession of the store?

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

3. How does Salim envision the young African boys?

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

5. What venture does Mahesh undertake that worries Salim?

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