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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 is the rumor Ferdinand spreads in the town?
(a) That Salim is trading on the black market
(b) That Salim is secretly a millionaire
(c) That Salim is secretly married to Nazruddin's daughter
(d) That Salim is sending him to study in America

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

3. What request does Ferdinand make of Salim?
(a) He asks Salim to buy him a car.
(b) He asks Salim to find him a wife.
(c) He asks Salim to send him to school in America.
(d) He asks Salim to let him work in the store and quit school.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the name Metty come?

2. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?

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

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

5. Who is the narrator of the story?

(see the answer key)

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