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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Salim get from Uganda?
(a) Nazruddin writes that his business is flourishing.
(b) The BBC reports wide spread unrest.
(c) Nazruddin sends Salim a letter telling him that things are not going well.
(d) Uganda wins a United Nations recognition of excellence.

2. Who is Salim's first customer?
(a) Indar
(b) Raymond
(c) Zabeth
(d) Mahesh

3. 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.

4. What does Indar mean when he tells Salim he's where it's at.
(a) Where everything will come to an end.
(b) Where these is the peace of obscurity.
(c) Where the new revolution will start.
(d) Where big things are happening.

5. What is the significance of Ferdinand's question about religion?
(a) It shows that Ferdinand is thinking of becoming a magician like Zabeth.
(b) It shows that politics and religion will always be at odds.
(c) It shows some of the struggle of socializing men with tribal roots into citizens of a modern state.
(d) It shows that young Africans are looking for a way out of their old religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Indar turned down at the Indian High Commission?

2. Why do people like to go to the Bigburger?

3. What does Raymond suggest is one of the President's greatest powers?

4. How does Father Huismans see himself?

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

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