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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 Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?
(a) To get away from persecution
(b) To do Nazruddin a favor
(c) For a chance to study
(d) To break away from his family

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

3. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?
(a) He thinks conditions are too difficult to tolerate.
(b) He is sick and there is no doctor.
(c) He cannot find his glasses.
(d) He thinks Father Huismans is stealing from the lycee.

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

5. What does Salim remember as being outside his hometown?
(a) Slave stockades
(b) Army barracks
(c) Dense jungles
(d) A large cemetery

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?

2. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?

3. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?

4. How does Salim's Moslem religion differ from pure Arabian religion?

5. When Salim finally meets with Father Huismans, what does he see?

(see the answer key)

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