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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 Ferdinand promise to do but does not do?
(a) Take the book back
(b) Find a parttime job
(c) Apologize to Salim
(d) Help Metty close up the shop

2. Who is Salim's first customer?
(a) Raymond
(b) Indar
(c) Zabeth
(d) Mahesh

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

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

5. Who does Salim think about who had been driven on foot along the same road he travels?
(a) Captured Europeans
(b) Prisoners who built the road
(c) African slaves
(d) Arab settlers being forced out

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?

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

3. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

4. What is Salim's ethnic background?

5. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

(see the answer key)

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