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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 African artifacts interest Father Huismans the most?
(a) Those that have no religious significance
(b) Those made for African religious purposes
(c) Those that are more modern
(d) Those made of ivory

2. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?
(a) They were paid wages for their work.
(b) They became part of the family that owned them.
(c) They had never known anything else.
(d) They had no place to go.

3. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?
(a) They want him to send them to America to study.
(b) The want Salim to take Ferdinand out of their school.
(c) They are looking for jobs.
(d) They try to buy Salim's car.

4. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?
(a) Resentment against Arabs, Europeans, and Indians
(b) It was falling down anyway.
(c) Looting for whatever valuables could be found
(d) It was on a direct path of advancing troops.

5. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?
(a) All their records were destroyed in the revolution.
(b) The Arabs thought histories are unimportant.
(c) The people were illiterate.
(d) They never wrote anything down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Raymond's connection to the President?

2. What does Salim observe about Raymond when he joins the party?

3. What begins happening to the town as the area becomes more peaceful?

4. Where is Father Huismans when Salim calls on him?

5. What does Father Huismans think about the future of Africa?

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