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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. After Father Huismans' death, what prediction of his comes about?
(a) The town becomes a thriving settlement.
(b) The school gets a grant from the government.
(c) The lycee falls to the ground.
(d) The river rises and flood the town.

2. What does the President do at a ruined suburb?
(a) He builds a shoe factory.
(b) He levels it and makes a park.
(c) He builds a large complex.
(d) He builds a new barracks for his army.

3. What is the habit of Mahesh that always seems to fail?
(a) He attempts to nagivage the river to the ocean.
(b) He attempts to get a job teaching.
(c) He tries to go on safari.
(d) He tries new "get rich quick" schemes.

4. How does Salim find the town when he arrives?
(a) The President has put money into the town's recovery.
(b) It is more than half destroyed from the revolution.
(c) Many new shops and houses are under construction.
(d) It is beginning to prosper.

5. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?
(a) Over one hundred years
(b) Three generations
(c) From the time Salim was born
(d) Five years

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?

2. What is the clear difference between Salim and Father Huismans, aside from religion?

3. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

4. Who is the narrator of the story?

5. Who are the main customers at Bigburger?

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