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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. From where does the name Metty come?
(a) From a corruption of the English word, middle
(b) From a French word, mestise, which means of mixed race
(c) From a Portuguese word meaning metal
(d) From a story about Methuselah, the oldest man

2. What is the significance of Ferdinand's question about religion?
(a) It shows that young Africans are looking for a way out of their old religions.
(b) It shows that politics and religion will always be at odds.
(c) It shows some of the struggle of socializing men with tribal roots into citizens of a modern state.
(d) It shows that Ferdinand is thinking of becoming a magician like Zabeth.

3. How does Salim find the town when he arrives?
(a) It is more than half destroyed from the revolution.
(b) Many new shops and houses are under construction.
(c) The President has put money into the town's recovery.
(d) It is beginning to prosper.

4. Who is the hostess Salim meets at the party?
(a) Yvette
(b) Claudette
(c) Shoba
(d) Zabeth's sister

5. How have Salim's ideas shifted since his affair with Yvette?
(a) He plots how to take Yvette away from Raymond.
(b) He forgets all about his business.
(c) He looks at everything as to how it affects him and Yvette.
(d) Now he thinks Africa is perfect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?

2. What does Indar tell Salim about his arrival in London?

3. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?

4. What is Salim's ethnic background?

5. What comes down the river in a dugout?

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