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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salim notice when he gets out of the country?
(a) In the Capital, everyone is as afraid as they are in the town.
(b) In London, the streets are crowded and filled with stalls, booths, kiosks, and grocery stores all run by foreigners like himself.
(c) In New York, the people know nothing about Africa.
(d) In Canada ,the people are friendly and outgoing.

2. What signals the end of the town's boom?
(a) There is a datastrophic fire.
(b) The Domain is closed.
(c) The river changes course after an earthquake.
(d) Noiman, a successful Greek businessman, sells out and moves to Australia.

3. As the steamer finally leaves, why is Salim happy?
(a) He no longer has to deal with Ferdinand.
(b) He is standing on the bank with Yvette.
(c) Indar is so happy to be leaving the town.
(d) He will have time to spend on his business.

4. Where does a friend of Indar's take him?
(a) To a reception for the President who is visiting London
(b) To meet an American who is interested in helping Africa
(c) To a job fair where he can get many interviews
(d) To Paris where there is less racism

5. What happens as a backlash against the corruption?
(a) The squatters from the villages refuse to leave their areas.
(b) A committee is sent to appeal to the President.
(c) There are assaults on police stations and statues are toppled.
(d) Unknown people sabatoge the Police vehicles.

6. What causes Indar to become depressed?
(a) He cannot persuade Yvette to divorce Raymond.
(b) Salim does not visit him any more.
(c) He is having to take on more classes at the Domain.
(d) His time at the Domain is coming to an end.

7. What word does Indar say kept his spirits high when he first arrived in London?
(a) "University" seemed like a magic word, and Indar thought a magic life awaited him.
(b) "Career" was the magic word that drove him to study hard.
(c) "Opportunity" was Indar's magic word in London.
(d) "Education" was the word that meant the most to him.

8. Where do Salim and Yvette go after the steamer gets out of sight?
(a) To a European restaurant
(b) To the Domain
(c) To Salim's store
(d) To find Raymond

9. What did one of Indar's lecturers suggest for him?
(a) That he become a diplomat
(b) That he become a public speaker
(c) That he take another degree
(d) That he start his own business in Africa

10. Where does Salim go on his first airplane flight?
(a) India
(b) Uganda
(c) London
(d) The Capital

11. What does Yvette tell Salim about Indar?
(a) He had become an encumbrance that became a habit.
(b) That he plans on going to America
(c) That he needs someone to think for him
(d) That he bored her to tears

12. What does Salim learn from Yvette about Raymond's writing?
(a) He is losing his eyesight so he wants to write as long as he can.
(b) He cannot write in the day time.
(c) None of his published books have ever made money.
(d) He has never published a book.

13. What does Indar say his goal is now?
(a) To stay on the lecture circuit and make a fortune.
(b) To write the book that Raymond is incapable of writing.
(c) To go into politics and run against the President.
(d) To give the men hope, to give Africa better news about itself, and to start the true African revolution.

14. What is Indar's problem with Shoba and Mahesh?
(a) He thinks they want money from him.
(b) He thinks they are too uneducated.
(c) He thinks they do not appreciate his value.
(d) He thinks they are too high class.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Salim and Yvette enjoy at the restaurant?

2. What is so surprising about Shoba going to her country when her father dies?

3. What happens when Salim goes to Yvette's house for lunch?

4. What becomes routine for Salim?

5. What upsets Indar when he sees the fake Hindu decorations at the Indian High Commission?

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