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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?
(a) The east coast of Africa
(b) India
(c) The Sudan
(d) South Africa

2. What does Father Huismans think about the future of Africa?
(a) That modern civilization is coming
(b) That it will become united into one continental country
(c) That it will never progress
(d) That it will soon return to its primative ways

3. Who sold him the store he is going to run?
(a) Zabeth
(b) Nazruddin
(c) Mahesh
(d) Indar

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?

2. What does Salim think when he is shown the collection of African masks?

3. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?

4. What does Salim remember as being outside his hometown?

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

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