2. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?
(a) A hotel
(b) A government office
(c) An army barracks
(d) A library

3. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?
(a) They had no place to go.
(b) They had never known anything else.
(c) They were paid wages for their work.
(d) They became part of the family that owned them.

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

5. What does Zabeth represent to Salim?
(a) Only a chance to make money from her
(b) Inferiority
(c) Authentic Africa
(d) Back woods ignorance

6. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?
(a) Marry her and be a father to Ferdinand
(b) Teach Ferdinand the shop business
(c) Be Ferdinand's guardian while he studies at the lycee
(d) Take Ferdinand as a shop slave

7. What is the habit of Mahesh that always seems to fail?
(a) He tries to go on safari.
(b) He attempts to nagivage the river to the ocean.
(c) He tries new "get rich quick" schemes.
(d) He attempts to get a job teaching.

8. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?
(a) She uses it to keep people away for her protection.
(b) It is a trait of her village tribe.
(c) She has been without soap until Salim reopens the shop.
(d) She runs a slaughterhouse in the village.

9. What is Ferdinand's question at Indar's lecture?
(a) He asks how it could be possible to have a New Africa.
(b) He asks if the New Africa will be united across the continent.
(c) He asks whether a New Africa could include old African religion.
(d) He asks if the New Africa will be a democracy.

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

11. What does Indar say about Raymond?
(a) He is the President's brother-in-law.
(b) He is never seen at the Domain.
(c) He is the President's white man.
(d) He is very wise for one so young,

12. What does Salim say that he and all the guests at the party were doing?
(a) Having glum thoughts about the world
(b) Pretending to be safe
(c) Bragging about their own accomplishments
(d) Trying to understand the Joan Baez songs

13. What is the significance of Ferdinand's question about religion?
(a) It shows that politics and religion will always be at odds.
(b) It shows that Ferdinand is thinking of becoming a magician like Zabeth.
(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.

14. What is the music playing at the party?
(a) The Beetles
(b) Straus waltzes
(c) The Doors
(d) A Joan Baez album

15. What does Father Huismans think about the future of Africa?
(a) That modern civilization is coming
(b) That it will soon return to its primative ways
(c) That it will become united into one continental country
(d) That it will never progress