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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Salim released from detention to fly back to his home?
(a) His papers are all in order.
(b) Ferdinand comes to his rescue.
(c) The official keeping Salim has held up the flight and gets reprimanded.
(d) He will be interrogated when he gets back to the town.

2. What does Salim have in his desk drawer?
(a) Money to make a fast getaway
(b) His last will and testament
(c) Photos of Yvette
(d) Rayond's articles

3. Who is the new owner of Salim's store and why did that happen?
(a) Ferdinand has returned and now owns the business.
(b) A drunk named Theotime is the new owner since foreign business has been nationalized.
(c) Metty is now the owner because Simon overstayed his exit visa.
(d) Zabeth has taken over the business by a legal loophole.

4. What does Salim fear is behind the letter from Nazruddin?
(a) That Nazruddin wants him to marry his daughter
(b) That Nazruddin wants to borrow money
(c) That Nazruddin wants his store back
(d) That Nazruddin is coming to live with him

5. What is Indar's complaint about getting a ticket on the steamer?
(a) The ticket is only on standby.
(b) There were rules, locked doors, and an endless checking of papers.
(c) He is overcharged because he is not African.
(d) His travel agent wanted a bribe to get his ticket.

6. What signals the end of the town's boom?
(a) The river changes course after an earthquake.
(b) Noiman, a successful Greek businessman, sells out and moves to Australia.
(c) The Domain is closed.
(d) There is a datastrophic fire.

7. What surprises Metty when Salim comes looking for him?
(a) He did not expect Salim to return.
(b) Metty thought Salim was in prison.
(c) Metty thought Salim was too grand after flying to Europe.
(d) Salim has many gifts for him.

8. What does Indar say his goal is now?
(a) To stay on the lecture circuit and make a fortune.
(b) To write the book that Raymond is incapable of writing.
(c) To go into politics and run against the President.
(d) To give the men hope, to give Africa better news about itself, and to start the true African revolution.

9. What suggestion does a guest of Raymond's make to him?
(a) That he apply for work in America
(b) That he apply for work with the UN
(c) That he go apologize to the President
(d) That he write a biography of the President

10. What happens when Salim goes to Yvette's house for lunch?
(a) There were no other guests invited.
(b) The lunch was cancelled and she forgot to tell him.
(c) Raymond meets him at the door and turns him away.
(d) Yvette's cook has quit and Yvette doesn't know how to cook.

11. At the steamer, what does Salim notice about Ferdinand?
(a) That he cannot do things for himself.
(b) That he is comfortable wherever he is.
(c) That he has grown dangerously thin.
(d) That he is too shy to ask questions.

12. What distresses Salim every time he drives the car?
(a) He is not allowed to park anywhere.
(b) He has to show his papers over and over, and they always want money.
(c) He has to pay a raod tax to the Police.
(d) He has trouble finding petrol.

13. How does Salim see Raymond and Yvette after reading Raymond's articles?
(a) He sees them as nomads always on the move.
(b) He sees them as trapped like he is.
(c) He sees them as having all the advantages.
(d) He sees them as incurably romantic.

14. Why does Salim close his shop for three hours the day after the affair begins?
(a) To spend time with Yvette
(b) To help Mahesh in the Bigburger
(c) To rearrange his merchandise
(d) To go to the river and think

15. What upsets Indar when he sees the fake Hindu decorations at the Indian High Commission?
(a) They do not include any Muslim artifacts.
(b) They let their culture become foreign kitsch.
(c) They are too expensive to put outside a building.
(d) They look in poor repair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim notice when he gets out of the country?

2. What amazes Salim about Raymond?

3. What does Salim hold onto in the face of all this corruption?

4. Why is Ferdinand leaving the Domain?

5. What does Salim learn from Yvette about Raymond's writing?

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