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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. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?
(a) The villagers see an opportunity for business.
(b) The villagers dislike the increased population but do not return to the villages.
(c) They begin to fear it and talk of destroying it rises again.
(d) They are pushed further and further into the outskirts.

2. Who is Salim's first customer?
(a) Zabeth
(b) Indar
(c) Mahesh
(d) Raymond

3. What request does Ferdinand make of Salim?
(a) He asks Salim to send him to school in America.
(b) He asks Salim to find him a wife.
(c) He asks Salim to let him work in the store and quit school.
(d) He asks Salim to buy him a car.

4. What begins happening to the town as the area becomes more peaceful?
(a) Villagers return and many of them stay.
(b) The townspeople begin cleaning up the town.
(c) There is a flood and the town is all but wiped out.
(d) Villagers no longer visit the town.

5. What does Father Huismans think about the future of Africa?
(a) That it will soon return to its primative ways
(b) That it will never progress
(c) That it will become united into one continental country
(d) That modern civilization is coming

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Father Huismans keep his collection of African artifacts?

2. How does Ferdinand react to the army coming to town?

3. What is the clear difference between Salim and Father Huismans, aside from religion?

4. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?

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

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