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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Salim think about who had been driven on foot along the same road he travels?
(a) Arab settlers being forced out
(b) Prisoners who built the road
(c) African slaves
(d) Captured Europeans

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

3. What does Salim have in his desk drawer?
(a) Money to make a fast getaway
(b) Photos of Yvette
(c) His last will and testament
(d) Rayond's articles

4. What was wrong with Mahesh's engraving machine that makes signs?
(a) The machine was too complicated for him to operate.
(b) He could not get the raw materials to make the signs.
(c) It was impossible to assemble.
(d) No one needed signs.

5. What is Salim's ethnic background?
(a) His family from northwest India is considered Arab.
(b) His family came from the Arabian penninsula.
(c) He is Arab with African blood from his grandmother.
(d) Salim is half Arab and half European.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Yvette and Raymond cease being invited to the President's functions?

2. What is the habit of Mahesh that always seems to fail?

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

4. Why is the social setting so different for Salim?

5. Why does Indar show up at the steamer?

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