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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?
(a) They were paid wages for their work.
(b) They had never known anything else.
(c) They became part of the family that owned them.
(d) They had no place to go.

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

3. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?
(a) That an earthquake destroyed his hometown
(b) That a tsunami has struck the east coast
(c) That Africans have attacked Arabs on the eastern coast
(d) That the Arabs on the east coast have migrated to Egypt

4. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Metty
(b) Ferdinand
(c) Salim
(d) Raymond

5. How had Nazruddin come into possession of the store?
(a) It was willed to him by an uncle.
(b) He was able to get government support.
(c) The owner sold it cheaply after the revolution.
(d) He had started the store himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the slave that Salim's family sends to stay with him?

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

3. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

4. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?

5. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?

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