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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Salim
(b) Ferdinand
(c) Metty
(d) Raymond

4. Who sold him the store he is going to run?
(a) Nazruddin
(b) Zabeth
(c) Mahesh
(d) Indar

5. What does Ferdinand imply to Salim?
(a) Salim must give Ferdinand his car if he wants to leave.
(b) The tribal magicians have placed a curse on Salim.
(c) Officials are being executed without trial or warning and he may be next.
(d) Salim will be conscripted into the army unless he leaves Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Salim's first customer?

2. Why does Metty inform on Salim's black market activities?

3. How does Father Huismans see himself?

4. What happens at the end of Salim's visit to London?

5. What does Salim remember as being outside his hometown?

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