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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 Zabeth want Salim to do?
(a) Marry her and be a father to Ferdinand
(b) Be Ferdinand's guardian while he studies at the lycee
(c) Teach Ferdinand the shop business
(d) Take Ferdinand as a shop slave

2. What behavior does Ferdinand go through after coming to the lycee?
(a) He tries out different personalities.
(b) He decides to get close to Salim.
(c) He becomes sullen and tries to run away.
(d) He becomes an African militant.

3. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?
(a) From the time Salim was born
(b) Over one hundred years
(c) Three generations
(d) Five years

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

5. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?
(a) The want Salim to take Ferdinand out of their school.
(b) They want him to send them to America to study.
(c) They try to buy Salim's car.
(d) They are looking for jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?

2. What is Salim's ethnic background?

3. From where does the name Metty come?

4. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?

5. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

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