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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?

2. Who is the narrator of the story?

3. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?

4. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

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

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