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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6.

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) They never wrote anything down.
(c) All their records were destroyed in the revolution.
(d) The Arabs thought histories are unimportant.

2. What begins happening to the town as the area becomes more peaceful?
(a) There is a flood and the town is all but wiped out.
(b) Villagers return and many of them stay.
(c) Villagers no longer visit the town.
(d) The townspeople begin cleaning up the town.

3. What was wrong with Mahesh's engraving machine that makes signs?
(a) The machine was too complicated for him to operate.
(b) No one needed signs.
(c) He could not get the raw materials to make the signs.
(d) It was impossible to assemble.

4. What do the townspeople speculate about the new complex?
(a) That it will be the President's winter palace.
(b) That it will be a model farm and agriculture school.
(c) That it will be a large hospital.
(d) That it will be a munitions factory.

5. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?
(a) It was on a direct path of advancing troops.
(b) It was falling down anyway.
(c) Resentment against Arabs, Europeans, and Indians
(d) Looting for whatever valuables could be found

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferdinand think about Huismans' museum?

2. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?

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

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

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

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