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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 like talking with Indar, now he avoids him.
(d) He used to envy Indar's style, now he thinks Indar is tasteless.

3. What is the invitation Yvette offers to Salim?
(a) Another party at the Domain
(b) A trip to the capital
(c) A copy of Raymond's manuscript
(d) A lunch at her house the next day

4. What has happened to the European statues in the Capital city?
(a) They have been polished to look good.
(b) They have been replaced with statues of African tribesmen.
(c) They have all been moved to the President's palace.
(d) They have been melted down for the copper.

5. What happened when Indar began applying for jobs?
(a) He had to learn how to write a resume
(b) He was given several offers.
(c) He had no luck.
(d) He was not offered enough money.

6. In what way is Raymond like Salim's family?
(a) They never understand what is happening around them.
(b) They deny the danger around them and are unable to move before it strikes.
(c) They have no respect for the powerful.
(d) They cannot be persuaded to change their ideas on anything.

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

8. At the steamer, what does Salim notice about Ferdinand?
(a) That he has grown dangerously thin.
(b) That he is comfortable wherever he is.
(c) That he cannot do things for himself.
(d) That he is too shy to ask questions.

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

10. What has become of Raymond and Yvette?
(a) No one knows where they have gone.
(b) They were deported to England.
(c) They committed suicide.
(d) They are in prison.

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

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

13. What becomes routine for Salim?
(a) Afternoons with Yvette, dinner with Yvette and Raymond, and nights with Yvette.
(b) Sleeping with Yvette every time Raymond goes to the capital.
(c) Writing love note to Yvette.
(d) Seeing Yvette every Tuesday and thursday.

14. 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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim have in his desk drawer?

2. What has become of Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter whom Salim feared he might have to marry?

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

4. What happens when Salim introduces Indar to Shoba and Mahesh?

5. What does Indar say about Africans abroad?

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