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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Salim introduces Indar to Shoba and Mahesh?
(a) They speak French.
(b) They go into business with each other.
(c) They become instant best friends.
(d) They do not get along.

2. What does Salim remember as being outside his hometown?
(a) Slave stockades
(b) Army barracks
(c) Dense jungles
(d) A large cemetery

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

4. From where does the name Metty come?
(a) From a story about Methuselah, the oldest man
(b) From a French word, mestise, which means of mixed race
(c) From a Portuguese word meaning metal
(d) From a corruption of the English word, middle

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?

2. What does the President do at a ruined suburb?

3. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

4. What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?

5. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?

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