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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 Salim learn about Zabeth's family?
(a) That she has a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son
(b) That she is related by blood to everyone in her village
(c) That she keeps her children hidden in the jungle
(d) That her family was killed in the revolution

2. What African artifacts interest Father Huismans the most?
(a) Those that are more modern
(b) Those made for African religious purposes
(c) Those made of ivory
(d) Those that have no religious significance

3. Who is Salim's childhood friend who is going to England to study?
(a) Ferdinand
(b) Mahesh
(c) Metty
(d) Indar

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

5. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?
(a) They never wrote anything down.
(b) All their records were destroyed in the revolution.
(c) The Arabs thought histories are unimportant.
(d) The people were illiterate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the villagers do that becomes a threat to the town?

2. On his trip to the central part of Africa, who stops Salim often for money or supplies?

3. What does Father Huismans think about the future of Africa?

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

5. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

(see the answer key)

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