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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Salim get from Uganda?
(a) Uganda wins a United Nations recognition of excellence.
(b) Nazruddin writes that his business is flourishing.
(c) The BBC reports wide spread unrest.
(d) Nazruddin sends Salim a letter telling him that things are not going well.

2. Why does Raymond think it is good that the President's book is so quickly forgotten?
(a) Because the President may now realize he's being badly advised.
(b) Because Raymond is using much of it in his book.
(c) Because the book was too good for the African publis.
(d) Because the President will write a better book.

3. How does the purser on the steamer show that he does not respect the President?
(a) He puts a cloth over the President's portrait.
(b) He speaks French which the President has banned.
(c) He sits down when the national anthem is played.
(d) He sneers every time the President is mentioned.

4. Where is Nazruddin thinking of moving his family?
(a) Canada
(b) Spain
(c) The USA
(d) Brazil

5. What group begins guided tours of the Domain?
(a) The Women's Auxiliary
(b) The Youth Guard
(c) The Town Council
(d) The President's Docents

6. What does Indar say he actually learned at the University.
(a) That his education was profitable for him
(b) That he learned enough to get a good job
(c) That he learned how to live successfully in the world
(d) That he learned nothing

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

8. What is Indar's moment of insight?
(a) He knows without a doubt that he belongs to himself alone and would surrender his manhood to nobody.
(b) He realizes he must return to his roots to be happy.
(c) He sees he has not marketed himself correctly.
(d) He understands that he was meant to write the African story.

9. Why does Indar show up at the steamer?
(a) The President commandeered the plane he was scheduled to leave on.
(b) He decided to leave the Domain early.
(c) He did not have enough money for a plane ticket.
(d) He is afraid of flying.

10. Reading some of Raymond's articles, what does Salim conclude?
(a) That Raymond's book will be a best seller
(b) That Raymond is a genius as a writer
(c) That Raymond had never visited the places he wrote about
(d) That Raymond will win the Nobel Prize for literature

11. Why is Ferdinand leaving the Domain?
(a) Ferdinand is going back to live with Zabeth.
(b) Ferdinand has an incurable illness.
(c) Ferdinand has flunked out.
(d) Ferdinand is leaving for a cadetship at the capital.

12. What is Zabeth's fear for Ferdinand?
(a) That he will be executed
(b) That he will not recover from his illness
(c) That he will be sent to a foreign country
(d) That he will turn against her

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

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

15. What does Indar tell Salim about his arrival in London?
(a) At first he did not think he could make it there.
(b) He was appalled by the racism in London.
(c) He had never been so lost in his life.
(d) When he first left Africa for London, he thought he would never come back.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the light of day, how does Salim see Yvette's and Raymond's house?

2. Why is Salim released from detention to fly back to his home?

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

4. How has Salim's attitude about Indar changed?

5. Why does Salim close his shop for three hours the day after the affair begins?

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