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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. How does Father Huismans see himself?
(a) As the last lucky observer of the old Africa
(b) As a prophet of doom for Africa
(c) As a European who became African
(d) As a chronicler of African history

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

3. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?
(a) Over one hundred years
(b) Three generations
(c) Five years
(d) From the time Salim was born

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What behavior does Ferdinand go through after coming to the lycee?

4. Who sold him the store he is going to run?

5. What African artifacts interest Father Huismans the most?

(see the answer key)

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