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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins happening to the town as the area becomes more peaceful?
(a) Villagers no longer visit the town.
(b) Villagers return and many of them stay.
(c) The townspeople begin cleaning up the town.
(d) There is a flood and the town is all but wiped out.

2. At the steamer, what does Salim notice about Ferdinand?
(a) That he is too shy to ask questions.
(b) That he cannot do things for himself.
(c) That he has grown dangerously thin.
(d) That he is comfortable wherever he is.

3. What is the significance of Ferdinand's question about religion?
(a) It shows some of the struggle of socializing men with tribal roots into citizens of a modern state.
(b) It shows that politics and religion will always be at odds.
(c) It shows that Ferdinand is thinking of becoming a magician like Zabeth.
(d) It shows that young Africans are looking for a way out of their old religions.

4. Why was Indar turned down at the Indian High Commission?
(a) He does not speak Hindi.
(b) He is too young.
(c) He is not a Hindu.
(d) He is not a citizen of India.

5. What is Ferdinand's question at Indar's lecture?
(a) He asks if the New Africa will be a democracy.
(b) He asks how it could be possible to have a New Africa.
(c) He asks whether a New Africa could include old African religion.
(d) He asks if the New Africa will be united across the continent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim have in his desk drawer?

2. What is Indar's problem with Shoba and Mahesh?

3. What does Salim learn from Yvette about Raymond's writing?

4. What does Indar tell Salim about his arrival in London?

5. What distresses Salim every time he drives the car?

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