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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 does Indar lecture about when Salim attends his class?
(a) Life in England
(b) The preservation of wildlife
(c) The economics of gold and ivory
(d) Parts of Africa he has visited

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

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

4. Moving deeper into Africa, what crosses Salim's mind?
(a) He fears he did not bring enough supplies.
(b) He questions whether he knows how to run a store.
(c) He debates turning around and going back to the coast.
(d) He wonders if he had made a mistake.

5. What is the rumor Ferdinand spreads in the town?
(a) That Salim is trading on the black market
(b) That Salim is sending him to study in America
(c) That Salim is secretly married to Nazruddin's daughter
(d) That Salim is secretly a millionaire

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What African artifacts interest Father Huismans the most?

3. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?

4. What does the President do at a ruined suburb?

5. What ends the budding war?

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