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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. What does Zabeth represent to Salim?
(a) Inferiority
(b) Authentic Africa
(c) Only a chance to make money from her
(d) Back woods ignorance

2. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?
(a) The Sudan
(b) The east coast of Africa
(c) South Africa
(d) India

3. Who is the slave that Salim's family sends to stay with him?
(a) Ferdinand
(b) Mahesh
(c) Metty
(d) Indar

4. How does the President manage the war in the town and surrounding area?
(a) He calls in United Nations peace keepers.
(b) He moves his capital to the town.
(c) He sends mercenaries who shoot two of the army officers.
(d) He conscripts the villagers into his own army.

5. What does Father Huismans do almost immediately after the threat of war is over?
(a) He organizes a village relief effort.
(b) He calls for a day of prayer.
(c) He closes the lycee.
(d) He makes another trip to the bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the social occasion between Salim, Shoba, and Mahesh?

2. What comes down the river in a dugout?

3. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?

4. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

5. What does Salim learn about Zabeth's family?

(see the answer key)

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