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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Belgium not eat the food in the lycee dining room?
(a) He thinks they are serving dog meat.
(b) He is repulsed by seeing African boys eating caterpillars.
(c) His stomach won't tolerate the African food.
(d) He can only eat vegetables.

2. What comes down the river in a dugout?
(a) Barges of rusty military equipment.
(b) Father Huismans arranges for a shipment of masks.
(c) Food and supplies for the lycee.
(d) The mutilated body of Father Huismans with a severed head.

3. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?
(a) A book that belongs to the lycee
(b) Gold nuggets
(c) Some carved ivory
(d) Money gotten on a black market exchange

4. What does Ferdinand think about Huismans' museum?
(a) People should not pay to see African artifacts in Africa.
(b) Europeans will not want to see it.
(c) This will preserve our African culture.
(d) We have masks in our homes, we do not need a museum.

5. How had Nazruddin come into possession of the store?
(a) He was able to get government support.
(b) It was willed to him by an uncle.
(c) He had started the store himself.
(d) The owner sold it cheaply after the revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the name Metty come?

2. Who is the narrator of the story?

3. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?

4. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?

5. How does Salim's Moslem religion differ from pure Arabian religion?

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