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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. Why is Shoba fearful?
(a) She cannot sleep at night for fear of burglars.
(b) Her brothers had vowed to throw acid in her face and kill Mahesh.
(c) Mahesh may be conscripted into the army.
(d) Mahesh has been spending a lot of time with a woman.

2. What does Salim hold onto in the face of all this corruption?
(a) He contends that the President will appeal to the UN.
(b) He remembers how things get bad and then get better.
(c) He holds onto the idea of leaving the country.
(d) He still believes in the power of the President.

3. Why do people like to go to the Bigburger?
(a) To get inside an air conditioned building where they do not smell the garbage.
(b) There is no place else to go.
(c) Mahesh has young girls working there.
(d) They develop a taste for French fried potatoes.

4. What condition is the town in after the squatters settle?
(a) They throw their garbage out and the town begins to stink.
(b) The town opens a new opera house.
(c) The town spreads out in all directions.
(d) They buy out all the stores and business booms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes routine for Salim?

2. What does Zabeth represent to Salim?

3. What suggestion does a guest of Raymond's make to him?

4. What African artifacts interest Father Huismans the most?

5. How does Father Huismans see himself?

(see the answer key)

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