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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is Salim comfortable with the teaching of the Domain?
(a) He thinks the teaching there is too conservative.
(b) He wonders if they are fooling themselves by ignoring the difference between Old and New Africa.
(c) He wishes the Domain would offer jobs instead of lectures.
(d) He wonders where they stand on the arabs in Africa.

2. What does Indar lecture about when Salim attends his class?
(a) The economics of gold and ivory
(b) Parts of Africa he has visited
(c) Life in England
(d) The preservation of wildlife

3. What does Ferdinand promise to do but does not do?
(a) Help Metty close up the shop
(b) Take the book back
(c) Find a parttime job
(d) Apologize to Salim

4. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?
(a) Three generations
(b) Over one hundred years
(c) Five years
(d) From the time Salim was born

5. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?
(a) To get away from persecution
(b) To do Nazruddin a favor
(c) For a chance to study
(d) To break away from his family

Short Answer Questions

1. When Salim finally meets with Father Huismans, what does he see?

2. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?

3. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?

4. From where does the name Metty come?

5. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mahesh and his desire to strike it rich.

2. Give some details about Father Huismans' hobby.

3. What is happening with the town shortly after Salim arrives?

4. What happens to stop the impending threat of war in the area surrounding the town?

5. What does Salim think about the slaves on the east coast of Africa?

6. Why does Ferdinand ask the question about African religion?

7. What happens when Father Huismans is not at the lycee when Salim goes to return the book?

8. What is going through Salim's mind as he travels deeper into the interior?

9. For what is the President's complex to be used?

10. What makes the trip longer and more complicated?

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