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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Indar turned down at the Indian High Commission?
(a) He is not a Hindu.
(b) He is not a citizen of India.
(c) He does not speak Hindi.
(d) He is too young.

2. What happens after the Youth Guard is disbanded?
(a) The President's army moves in.
(b) Police and other officials start harassing people.
(c) The Domain is closed to the public.
(d) The young men become bandits.

3. How does Salim see Raymond and Yvette after reading Raymond's articles?
(a) He sees them as trapped like he is.
(b) He sees them as having all the advantages.
(c) He sees them as nomads always on the move.
(d) He sees them as incurably romantic.

4. How does the purser on the steamer show that he does not respect the President?
(a) He sits down when the national anthem is played.
(b) He speaks French which the President has banned.
(c) He sneers every time the President is mentioned.
(d) He puts a cloth over the President's portrait.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim notice every time he sees Yvette?

2. What is the habit of Mahesh that always seems to fail?

3. What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?

4. What does Indar say about Africans abroad?

5. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?

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