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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. Moving deeper into Africa, what crosses Salim's mind?
(a) He debates turning around and going back to the coast.
(b) He wonders if he had made a mistake.
(c) He questions whether he knows how to run a store.
(d) He fears he did not bring enough supplies.

2. 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 the Arabs on the east coast have migrated to Egypt
(d) That an earthquake destroyed his hometown

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

4. 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

5. What does Zabeth represent to Salim?
(a) Authentic Africa
(b) Only a chance to make money from her
(c) Back woods ignorance
(d) Inferiority

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Salim's ethnic background?

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

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

5. On his trip to the central part of Africa, who stops Salim often for money or supplies?

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