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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. What does Salim see as the contradiction in Father Huismans?
(a) He likes things African but he does not like Africans.
(b) He teaches religion but he has lost his faith.
(c) He professes poverty but he amasses a fortune.
(d) He heads a school but he hates students.

2. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?
(a) He wants to live in the village but he also wants to study.
(b) He wants more security than with his parents but the town is insecure too.
(c) He wants to progress but he does not like to study.
(d) He hates Salim but his mother won't let him change guardians.

3. Why does the Belgium not eat the food in the lycee dining room?
(a) He can only eat vegetables.
(b) He is repulsed by seeing African boys eating caterpillars.
(c) His stomach won't tolerate the African food.
(d) He thinks they are serving dog meat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?

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

3. Who are the main customers at Bigburger?

4. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?

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

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