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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the clear difference between Salim and Father Huismans, aside from religion?
(a) Father Huismans is young but Salim is old
(b) Salim likes women but Huismans prefers boys
(c) Salim knows business but the Father cannot administer the school
(d) Father Huismans is an optimist but Salim is pessimistic.

2. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?
(a) He gets angry and refuses to do it.
(b) He says it isn't his job.
(c) He wants to read the book first.
(d) He throws the book in the river.

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

4. What does Salim observe when he visits the Domain?
(a) The students all look worried.
(b) There seems to be an effort to return to the old Africa.
(c) A picture of the President as big as a house.
(d) Young African men who have a big, romantic picture of the New Africa.

5. Why was the wooden ice cream spoon venture foolish?
(a) People preferred ice cream cones.
(b) The spoons were to flimsy.
(c) The finished products were too expensive.
(d) There was no ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

2. Is Salim comfortable with the teaching of the Domain?

3. What emotion goes through Salim now when he sees or thinks about Ferdinand?

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

5. What does Salim explain to Indar after the lecture?

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