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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim learn about Zabeth's family?

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

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

4. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

5. From where does the name Metty come?

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