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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. Where is Father Huismans when Salim calls on him?
(a) On one of his trips into the bush
(b) In the room where he keeps his collection of masks.
(c) Outside playing football with the boys
(d) Up on the roof, repairing some damage

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

3. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?
(a) That a tsunami has struck the east coast
(b) That Africans have attacked Arabs on the eastern coast
(c) That an earthquake destroyed his hometown
(d) That the Arabs on the east coast have migrated to Egypt

4. What does Ferdinand promise to do but does not do?
(a) Apologize to Salim
(b) Find a parttime job
(c) Take the book back
(d) Help Metty close up the shop

5. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?
(a) He sees that the youth are being educated.
(b) He thinks he will be able to build his business and sell it.
(c) He sees that it is in a strategic place for development.
(d) He thinks it will grow back if the peace holds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?

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

3. Who is the narrator of the story?

4. Who is Salim's first customer?

5. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?

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