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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. Who is Salim's childhood friend who is going to England to study?
(a) Ferdinand
(b) Metty
(c) Mahesh
(d) Indar

2. 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.

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

4. How does Salim envision the young African boys?
(a) As a repeat of the mpast African mistakes
(b) As the future of a much more stable Africa
(c) As both pround and ashamed of their country
(d) As hopeless boys who cannot be educated

5. Who is the slave that Salim's family sends to stay with him?
(a) Mahesh
(b) Ferdinand
(c) Metty
(d) Indar

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salim find the town when he arrives?

2. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?

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

4. Who is the narrator of the story?

5. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?

(see the answer key)

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