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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 always has a different hairstyle.
(b) She is never wearing the same dress.
(c) She looks tired.
(d) She is always with Indar.

2. What upsets Indar when he sees the fake Hindu decorations at the Indian High Commission?
(a) They are too expensive to put outside a building.
(b) They do not include any Muslim artifacts.
(c) They let their culture become foreign kitsch.
(d) They look in poor repair.

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

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

5. Why is Salim released from detention to fly back to his home?
(a) His papers are all in order.
(b) He will be interrogated when he gets back to the town.
(c) The official keeping Salim has held up the flight and gets reprimanded.
(d) Ferdinand comes to his rescue.

6. What happens after the Youth Guard is disbanded?
(a) Police and other officials start harassing people.
(b) The President's army moves in.
(c) The Domain is closed to the public.
(d) The young men become bandits.

7. What does Indar say about Africans abroad?
(a) They never think about Africa again.
(b) They are too shy to mix with the Europeans.
(c) They see everything but make no effort to change anything.
(d) They are like sheep without a shepherd.

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

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

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

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

12. When and where does the affair between Salim and Yvette begin?
(a) Right after the lunch in Yvette's bedroom
(b) The day after the lunch when Yvette comes to Salim's apartment
(c) A week later in the hotel
(d) The night after the lunch in Salim's warehouse

13. What amazes Salim about Raymond?
(a) He has no ambition to leave the country.
(b) He does not seem to love Yvette.
(c) He works on plans to overthrow the President.
(d) His position with the President is shaky but he remains loyal.

14. What does Salim fear is behind the letter from Nazruddin?
(a) That Nazruddin is coming to live with him
(b) That Nazruddin wants his store back
(c) That Nazruddin wants to borrow money
(d) That Nazruddin wants him to marry his daughter

15. What does Salim have in his desk drawer?
(a) Money to make a fast getaway
(b) His last will and testament
(c) Photos of Yvette
(d) Rayond's articles

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How have Salim's ideas shifted since his affair with Yvette?

3. What suggestion does a guest of Raymond's make to him?

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

5. What is Mahesh's behavior while Shoba is gone?

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