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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?
(a) They never wrote anything down.
(b) The Arabs thought histories are unimportant.
(c) All their records were destroyed in the revolution.
(d) The people were illiterate.

2. What is the social occasion between Salim, Shoba, and Mahesh?
(a) A party
(b) A church service
(c) A concert
(d) A dinner

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

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

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

6. Who is the surprise visitor to Salim's store?
(a) Salim's brother
(b) Zabeth's husband
(c) The President
(d) Indar

7. Where does Indar take Salim after dinner one evening?
(a) To a parade of cadets
(b) To the movies
(c) To a party
(d) To his apartment in the Domain

8. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?
(a) From the time Salim was born
(b) Five years
(c) Three generations
(d) Over one hundred years

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

10. 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.

11. What is Indar doing in the town?
(a) He has decided to follow Salim's example.
(b) He is a guest lecturer at the Domain.
(c) He is just passing through.
(d) He is taking over the lycee.

12. How does Mahesh finally make it big?
(a) He takes over the lycee after Father Huismans' death.
(b) He finds a gold mine.
(c) He opens a Bigburger franchise.
(d) He starts a pawn shop.

13. What comes down the river in a dugout?
(a) Father Huismans arranges for a shipment of masks.
(b) The mutilated body of Father Huismans with a severed head.
(c) Food and supplies for the lycee.
(d) Barges of rusty military equipment.

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

15. Where is Father Huismans when Salim calls on him?
(a) Up on the roof, repairing some damage
(b) Outside playing football with the boys
(c) On one of his trips into the bush
(d) In the room where he keeps his collection of masks.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the name Metty come?

2. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?

3. What does Salim observe when he visits the Domain?

4. What does Zabeth represent to Salim?

5. Who is the narrator of the story?

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