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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 request does Ferdinand make of Salim?
(a) He asks Salim to buy him a car.
(b) He asks Salim to let him work in the store and quit school.
(c) He asks Salim to send him to school in America.
(d) He asks Salim to find him a wife.

2. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?
(a) A hotel
(b) A library
(c) A government office
(d) An army barracks

3. When Salim finally meets with Father Huismans, what does he see?
(a) An African mask Father Huismans got on his last trip
(b) Father Huismans beating a student
(c) A place where the roof has fallen in
(d) A group of new European teachers

4. What is the social occasion between Salim, Shoba, and Mahesh?
(a) A party
(b) A church service
(c) A dinner
(d) A concert

5. What venture does Mahesh undertake that worries Salim?
(a) He makes a contract with the President.
(b) He makes elixers for illnesses.
(c) He starts trading with the army.
(d) He opens a taxi service.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ferdinand react to the army coming to town?

2. After Father Huismans' death, what prediction of his comes about?

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

4. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?

5. What condition is the town in after the squatters settle?

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