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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mahesh finally make it big?

2. From where does the name Metty come?

3. What is Salim's ethnic background?

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

5. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the trip longer and more complicated?

2. How does Ferdinand become a burden on Salim?

3. Explain why Zabeth brings Ferdinand to see Salim.

4. What is everyone's perception of Raymond?

5. What is the situation at the beginning of the novel?

6. What is going through Salim's mind as he travels deeper into the interior?

7. Explain how the reader understands that Salim is inexperienced with women.

8. Explain the change in the relationship between Salim and Metty.

9. Describe the rumors about the new complex being built near the town.

10. Why does Ferdinand ask the question about African religion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper about means of travel in the novel. Include the advantages and disadvantages of each. What method of travel in the novel seems most reliable? State your reasons for selecting that means as opposed to the others.

Essay Topic 2

Take the old saying, "It takes one to know one," and compare it to the meeting of Indar and Mahesh and his wife, Shoba. In Chapter 6, Metty recognizes a slave girl when she keeps coming to the store looking for him. Write an essay about how people can spot the faults in others that they have in themselves.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples of ethnic food mentioned in the novel, write an essay about how different food is important to different people. Include foods that you would miss if you suddenly were denied access to them. Also discuss to what extent you would try different foods if you visit another country.

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