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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 is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?
(a) The people were illiterate.
(b) The Arabs thought histories are unimportant.
(c) All their records were destroyed in the revolution.
(d) They never wrote anything down.

2. From where does the name Metty come?
(a) From a Portuguese word meaning metal
(b) From a story about Methuselah, the oldest man
(c) From a French word, mestise, which means of mixed race
(d) From a corruption of the English word, middle

3. Where does Father Huismans keep his collection of African artifacts?
(a) In his private quarters
(b) In the chapel of the lycee
(c) In the old gun room of the lycee
(d) In an extra dormitory room of the lycee

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the narrator of the story?

3. How are the east coast slaves different from those taken on the west coast of Africa?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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