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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 think when he is shown the collection of African masks?
(a) That Father Huismans is insane
(b) That it represents Zabeth's world
(c) That the masks are dangerous
(d) That he has no interest in such things

2. What upsets Indar when he sees the fake Hindu decorations at the Indian High Commission?
(a) They look in poor repair.
(b) They let their culture become foreign kitsch.
(c) They are too expensive to put outside a building.
(d) They do not include any Muslim artifacts.

3. Is Salim comfortable with the teaching of the Domain?
(a) He wonders where they stand on the arabs in Africa.
(b) He wonders if they are fooling themselves by ignoring the difference between Old and New Africa.
(c) He wishes the Domain would offer jobs instead of lectures.
(d) He thinks the teaching there is too conservative.

4. How does Salim find the town when he arrives?
(a) It is beginning to prosper.
(b) Many new shops and houses are under construction.
(c) It is more than half destroyed from the revolution.
(d) The President has put money into the town's recovery.

5. What happens when Salim goes to Yvette's house for lunch?
(a) There were no other guests invited.
(b) Raymond meets him at the door and turns him away.
(c) The lunch was cancelled and she forgot to tell him.
(d) Yvette's cook has quit and Yvette doesn't know how to cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salim reply to Nazruddin?

2. What was wrong with Mahesh's engraving machine that makes signs?

3. What is the music playing at the party?

4. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?

5. What emotion goes through Salim now when he sees or thinks about Ferdinand?

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