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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 behavior does Ferdinand go through after coming to the lycee?
(a) He tries out different personalities.
(b) He decides to get close to Salim.
(c) He becomes sullen and tries to run away.
(d) He becomes an African militant.

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

3. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?
(a) It is a trait of her village tribe.
(b) She uses it to keep people away for her protection.
(c) She runs a slaughterhouse in the village.
(d) She has been without soap until Salim reopens the shop.

4. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?
(a) Be Ferdinand's guardian while he studies at the lycee
(b) Marry her and be a father to Ferdinand
(c) Take Ferdinand as a shop slave
(d) Teach Ferdinand the shop business

5. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?
(a) They had never known anything else.
(b) They were paid wages for their work.
(c) They had no place to go.
(d) They became part of the family that owned them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferdinand promise to do but does not do?

2. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?

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

4. Who is Salim's first customer?

5. Who is the narrator of the story?

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