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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was wrong with Mahesh's engraving machine that makes signs?
(a) He could not get the raw materials to make the signs.
(b) It was impossible to assemble.
(c) The machine was too complicated for him to operate.
(d) No one needed signs.

2. What does Indar say about Raymond?
(a) He is the President's brother-in-law.
(b) He is the President's white man.
(c) He is very wise for one so young,
(d) He is never seen at the Domain.

3. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?
(a) That a tsunami has struck the east coast
(b) That Africans have attacked Arabs on the eastern coast
(c) That an earthquake destroyed his hometown
(d) That the Arabs on the east coast have migrated to Egypt

4. On his trip to the central part of Africa, who stops Salim often for money or supplies?
(a) Beggars
(b) Tribal leaders
(c) Men with guns
(d) People wanting to escape

5. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?
(a) They begin to fear it and talk of destroying it rises again.
(b) The villagers see an opportunity for business.
(c) The villagers dislike the increased population but do not return to the villages.
(d) They are pushed further and further into the outskirts.

6. What is the clear difference between Salim and Father Huismans, aside from religion?
(a) Salim likes women but Huismans prefers boys
(b) Father Huismans is young but Salim is old
(c) Salim knows business but the Father cannot administer the school
(d) Father Huismans is an optimist but Salim is pessimistic.

7. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?
(a) He throws the book in the river.
(b) He gets angry and refuses to do it.
(c) He wants to read the book first.
(d) He says it isn't his job.

8. What is Salim's ethnic background?
(a) His family came from the Arabian penninsula.
(b) He is Arab with African blood from his grandmother.
(c) His family from northwest India is considered Arab.
(d) Salim is half Arab and half European.

9. What confidence does Indar impart to Salim?
(a) The President is going his own way and no longer needs Raymond's help.
(b) The President is going to replace Raymond at the Domain.
(c) The Domain is about to become an officer training school for the army.
(d) The Domain is going to close for lack of funds.

10. Who is the hostess Salim meets at the party?
(a) Zabeth's sister
(b) Claudette
(c) Yvette
(d) Shoba

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

12. When Salim finally meets with Father Huismans, what does he see?
(a) Father Huismans beating a student
(b) A group of new European teachers
(c) An African mask Father Huismans got on his last trip
(d) A place where the roof has fallen in

13. What is the music playing at the party?
(a) A Joan Baez album
(b) The Beetles
(c) The Doors
(d) Straus waltzes

14. Why was the wooden ice cream spoon venture foolish?
(a) The finished products were too expensive.
(b) The spoons were to flimsy.
(c) People preferred ice cream cones.
(d) There was no ice cream.

15. What do the townspeople speculate about the new complex?
(a) That it will be a model farm and agriculture school.
(b) That it will be the President's winter palace.
(c) That it will be a munitions factory.
(d) That it will be a large hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?

2. What ends the budding war?

3. What happens to change the relationship between Salim and Metty?

4. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?

5. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?

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