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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of Ferdinand's question about religion?
(a) It shows that Ferdinand is thinking of becoming a magician like Zabeth.
(b) It shows that politics and religion will always be at odds.
(c) It shows that young Africans are looking for a way out of their old religions.
(d) It shows some of the struggle of socializing men with tribal roots into citizens of a modern state.

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

3. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?
(a) A government office
(b) An army barracks
(c) A library
(d) A hotel

4. What does Ferdinand think about Huismans' museum?
(a) People should not pay to see African artifacts in Africa.
(b) Europeans will not want to see it.
(c) This will preserve our African culture.
(d) We have masks in our homes, we do not need a museum.

5. What happens to change the relationship between Salim and Metty?
(a) Metty wants to go to the Domain but Salim refuses.
(b) Metty becomes a father and begins taking care of his family.
(c) Metty gets lazy and refuses to work hard.
(d) Metty becomes a militant and threatens Salim.

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

7. After Father Huismans' death, what prediction of his comes about?
(a) The lycee falls to the ground.
(b) The river rises and flood the town.
(c) The town becomes a thriving settlement.
(d) The school gets a grant from the government.

8. What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?
(a) Indar sees the beauty of the place while Salim sees only garbage.
(b) Salim is confused, but Indar is sure of himself.
(c) Indar wants to meditate but Salim wants to talk.
(d) Salim is exhilarated by the evening but Indar is edgy.

9. How does the President manage the war in the town and surrounding area?
(a) He calls in United Nations peace keepers.
(b) He moves his capital to the town.
(c) He sends mercenaries who shoot two of the army officers.
(d) He conscripts the villagers into his own army.

10. What does Father Huismans do almost immediately after the threat of war is over?
(a) He calls for a day of prayer.
(b) He closes the lycee.
(c) He makes another trip to the bush.
(d) He organizes a village relief effort.

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) Mahesh may be conscripted into the army.
(d) She cannot sleep at night for fear of burglars.

12. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?
(a) A book that belongs to the lycee
(b) Some carved ivory
(c) Money gotten on a black market exchange
(d) Gold nuggets

13. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?
(a) He wants to live in the village but he also wants to study.
(b) He wants to progress but he does not like to study.
(c) He hates Salim but his mother won't let him change guardians.
(d) He wants more security than with his parents but the town is insecure too.

14. What does Salim learn about Zabeth's family?
(a) That her family was killed in the revolution
(b) That she has a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son
(c) That she keeps her children hidden in the jungle
(d) That she is related by blood to everyone in her village

15. Who is Salim's first customer?
(a) Raymond
(b) Indar
(c) Zabeth
(d) Mahesh

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rumor Ferdinand spreads in the town?

2. What do the townspeople speculate about the new complex?

3. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

4. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?

5. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?

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