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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 does Salim worry about as he thinks of Yvette?
(a) That he is not good enough for her
(b) That she and Raymond will be leaving
(c) That he is becoming obsessed with her
(d) That she is having an affair with Indar

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

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

4. How does Father Huismans see himself?
(a) As a prophet of doom for Africa
(b) As the last lucky observer of the old Africa
(c) As a chronicler of African history
(d) As a European who became African

5. What suggestion does a guest of Raymond's make to him?
(a) That he apply for work in America
(b) That he write a biography of the President
(c) That he go apologize to the President
(d) That he apply for work with the UN

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Salim see Mahesh as half a man?

3. What confidence does Indar impart to Salim?

4. On his trip to the central part of Africa, who stops Salim often for money or supplies?

5. What happens when Salim introduces Indar to Shoba and Mahesh?

(see the answer key)

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