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

2. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?
(a) He thinks it will grow back if the peace holds.
(b) He thinks he will be able to build his business and sell it.
(c) He sees that the youth are being educated.
(d) He sees that it is in a strategic place for development.

3. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?
(a) Be Ferdinand's guardian while he studies at the lycee
(b) Marry her and be a father to Ferdinand
(c) Take Ferdinand as a shop slave
(d) Teach Ferdinand the shop business

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rumor Ferdinand spreads in the town?

2. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

3. What does Father Huismans do almost immediately after the threat of war is over?

4. Who sold him the store he is going to run?

5. What is the social occasion between Salim, Shoba, and Mahesh?

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