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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. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?
(a) He thinks he will be able to build his business and sell it.
(b) He thinks it will grow back if the peace holds.
(c) He sees that it is in a strategic place for development.
(d) He sees that the youth are being educated.

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

3. What does Salim learn about Zabeth's family?
(a) That she keeps her children hidden in the jungle
(b) That she is related by blood to everyone in her village
(c) That her family was killed in the revolution
(d) That she has a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son

4. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?
(a) He says it isn't his job.
(b) He throws the book in the river.
(c) He wants to read the book first.
(d) He gets angry and refuses to do it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Father Huismans when Salim calls on him?

2. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?

3. What does Salim see as the contradiction in Father Huismans?

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

5. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

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