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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprising action does the President take for the town?
(a) He is disbanding the Youth Guard in Salim's area.
(b) He plans to completely renovate the town.
(c) He waives taxes for the town.
(d) He declares martial law in the town.

2. What is Indar's comment about Africa?
(a) Indar says that Africa is full of refugees who are also first generation intellectuals.
(b) Native Africans are less intelligent than the Europeans.
(c) Africa is two thousand years behind the times.
(d) Africa is too tribal to ever form stable governments.

3. What does Indar tell Salim about his arrival in London?
(a) He had never been so lost in his life.
(b) At first he did not think he could make it there.
(c) When he first left Africa for London, he thought he would never come back.
(d) He was appalled by the racism in London.

4. What does Indar say about Africans abroad?
(a) They are like sheep without a shepherd.
(b) They see everything but make no effort to change anything.
(c) They are too shy to mix with the Europeans.
(d) They never think about Africa again.

5. How does Salim reply to Nazruddin?
(a) That he is selling the store and going to London
(b) That things are unstable in the town and country
(c) That his store burned to the ground
(d) That the President has put a freeze on expansion

Short Answer Questions

1. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?

2. What is Mahesh's behavior while Shoba is gone?

3. What does Indar say he actually learned at the University.

4. What does Indar say his goal is now?

5. What does Father Huismans do almost immediately after the threat of war is over?

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