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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 does Salim observe about Raymond when he joins the party?
(a) He is snobbish and does not talk.
(b) He is unimportant looking.
(c) He dyes his hair.
(d) He is thirty years older than his wife, Yvette.

2. What does Salim see as the contradiction in Father Huismans?
(a) He heads a school but he hates students.
(b) He likes things African but he does not like Africans.
(c) He professes poverty but he amasses a fortune.
(d) He teaches religion but he has lost his faith.

3. Why do people like to go to the Bigburger?
(a) There is no place else to go.
(b) They develop a taste for French fried potatoes.
(c) To get inside an air conditioned building where they do not smell the garbage.
(d) Mahesh has young girls working there.

4. What is the clear difference between Salim and Father Huismans, aside from religion?
(a) Salim knows business but the Father cannot administer the school
(b) Salim likes women but Huismans prefers boys
(c) Father Huismans is an optimist but Salim is pessimistic.
(d) Father Huismans is young but Salim is old

5. When Salim finally meets with Father Huismans, what does he see?
(a) A group of new European teachers
(b) An African mask Father Huismans got on his last trip
(c) Father Huismans beating a student
(d) A place where the roof has fallen in

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the east coast slaves different from those taken on the west coast of Africa?

2. How has Salim's attitude about Indar changed?

3. What causes Indar to become depressed?

4. Who is the hostess Salim meets at the party?

5. Why was the wooden ice cream spoon venture foolish?

(see the answer key)

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