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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) South Africa
(b) The Sudan
(c) India
(d) The east coast of Africa

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

3. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?
(a) Gold nuggets
(b) A book that belongs to the lycee
(c) Some carved ivory
(d) Money gotten on a black market exchange

4. How does Salim envision the young African boys?
(a) As the future of a much more stable Africa
(b) As a repeat of the mpast African mistakes
(c) As hopeless boys who cannot be educated
(d) As both pround and ashamed of their country

5. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?
(a) They are looking for jobs.
(b) They try to buy Salim's car.
(c) The want Salim to take Ferdinand out of their school.
(d) They want him to send them to America to study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?

2. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?

3. Who is the slave that Salim's family sends to stay with him?

4. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

5. How does Father Huismans see himself?

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