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

2. How does Salim's Moslem religion differ from pure Arabian religion?
(a) It includes Christian traditions.
(b) It has traces of Hinduism.
(c) It is a religion of traditions from people who do not read Arabic.
(d) It only requires prayer once a day.

3. What request does Ferdinand make of Salim?
(a) He asks Salim to let him work in the store and quit school.
(b) He asks Salim to find him a wife.
(c) He asks Salim to send him to school in America.
(d) He asks Salim to buy him a car.

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

5. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?
(a) A government office
(b) A library
(c) A hotel
(d) An army barracks

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?

2. What does Ferdinand promise to do but does not do?

3. What behavior does Ferdinand go through after coming to the lycee?

4. Who is Salim's childhood friend who is going to England to study?

5. How are the east coast slaves different from those taken on the west coast of Africa?

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