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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 every time he sees Yvette?
(a) She looks tired.
(b) She is never wearing the same dress.
(c) She always has a different hairstyle.
(d) She is always with Indar.

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

3. What has become of Indar back in Africa?
(a) He has gone into hiding.
(b) He is imprisoned by the President.
(c) He does the lowest kind of jobs and will not take help.
(d) He has opened a Hindu ashram.

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

5. What do Salim and Yvette enjoy at the restaurant?
(a) The paintings on the wall
(b) The friendly staff
(c) The air conditioning and the wine
(d) The rich desserts

6. What happens when Salim introduces Indar to Shoba and Mahesh?
(a) They become instant best friends.
(b) They go into business with each other.
(c) They do not get along.
(d) They speak French.

7. Back in Africa, why does Salim feel sympathy for the President?
(a) After seeing Europe, he understands that the President is stupid.
(b) After seeing Europe, he knows what the President is up against.
(c) After seeing Europe, he thinks the President is right about Africa.
(d) After seeing Europe, he wonders how the President can stand Africa.

8. What is the "Cult of Madonna?"
(a) A radical religious group who brainwash believers.
(b) The elevated position of women in the country.
(c) The state religion ordered by the President.
(d) The shrines set up as a tribute to the President's mother.

9. How does Salim reply to Nazruddin?
(a) That the President has put a freeze on expansion
(b) That his store burned to the ground
(c) That he is selling the store and going to London
(d) That things are unstable in the town and country

10. How has Salim's attitude about Indar changed?
(a) He used to envy Indar, now he feels protective of him.
(b) He used to like Indar, now he mistrusts him.
(c) He used to envy Indar's style, now he thinks Indar is tasteless.
(d) He used to like talking with Indar, now he avoids him.

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

12. How do the businessmen react to the changes coming about?
(a) They kid themselves by talking about how their town is better than anywhere else.
(b) They start recuriting industry for the town.
(c) They get busy and make contingency plans.
(d) They build a new airport.

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

14. What has become of Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter whom Salim feared he might have to marry?
(a) Kareisha has gone to India and will marry a doctor.
(b) Kareisha is married to a British man and has four children.
(c) Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter, has become a pharmacist.
(d) Kareisha has left the family and moved to America.

15. How does Salim see Mahesh as half a man?
(a) Because Mahesh cannot make decisions for himself.
(b) Because Mahesh never sees anything through to the end.
(c) Because Mahesh only sees himself through Shoba's eyes.
(d) Because Mahesh is only five feet tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Indar show up at the steamer?

2. What did one of Indar's lecturers suggest for him?

3. Where does a friend of Indar's take him?

4. Where does Salim go on his first airplane flight?

5. What surprises Metty when Salim comes looking for him?

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