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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. Why do people like to go to the Bigburger?
(a) Mahesh has young girls working there.
(b) There is no place else to go.
(c) They develop a taste for French fried potatoes.
(d) To get inside an air conditioned building where they do not smell the garbage.

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

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

4. Who are the main customers at Bigburger?
(a) Guests from the hotel which has no restaurant
(b) Travelers from the steamer
(c) The villager's army
(d) Boys from the lycee

5. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?
(a) They begin to fear it and talk of destroying it rises again.
(b) They are pushed further and further into the outskirts.
(c) The villagers see an opportunity for business.
(d) The villagers dislike the increased population but do not return to the villages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim say that he and all the guests at the party were doing?

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

3. At the party what does Salim see couples doing?

4. How does the President manage the war in the town and surrounding area?

5. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?

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