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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 Canada ,the people are friendly and outgoing.
(b) In New York, the people know nothing about Africa.
(c) In London, the streets are crowded and filled with stalls, booths, kiosks, and grocery stores all run by foreigners like himself.
(d) In the Capital, everyone is as afraid as they are in the town.

2. What does Shoba do when she returns?
(a) She opens a beauty salon.
(b) She refuses to speak to Mahesh.
(c) She announces that she is pregnant.
(d) She goes into isolation.

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

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

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

6. In the light of day, how does Salim see Yvette's and Raymond's house?
(a) It is different in the sunlight; everything seems faded and worn.
(b) The furniture has all been removed.
(c) It is much more lavish than he remembered it.
(d) The carpet has holes worn in it.

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

8. 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 is always with Indar.
(d) She looks tired.

9. How does Salim see Raymond and Yvette after reading Raymond's articles?
(a) He sees them as incurably romantic.
(b) He sees them as trapped like he is.
(c) He sees them as nomads always on the move.
(d) He sees them as having all the advantages.

10. What is so surprising about Shoba going to her country when her father dies?
(a) She said earlier that her father died years ago.
(b) She refuses to allow Mahesh to go with her.
(c) She had enough money for the ticket.
(d) She claims to fear her brothers.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Salim get from Uganda?

2. Why was Indar turned down at the Indian High Commission?

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

4. What does Salim hold onto in the face of all this corruption?

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

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