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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. What does Indar say about Raymond?
(a) He is never seen at the Domain.
(b) He is very wise for one so young,
(c) He is the President's brother-in-law.
(d) He is the President's white man.

2. What begins happening to the town as the area becomes more peaceful?
(a) Villagers no longer visit the town.
(b) The townspeople begin cleaning up the town.
(c) Villagers return and many of them stay.
(d) There is a flood and the town is all but wiped out.

3. On his trip to the central part of Africa, who stops Salim often for money or supplies?
(a) People wanting to escape
(b) Beggars
(c) Men with guns
(d) Tribal leaders

4. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?
(a) A book that belongs to the lycee
(b) Some carved ivory
(c) Money gotten on a black market exchange
(d) Gold nuggets

5. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?
(a) He throws the book in the river.
(b) He gets angry and refuses to do it.
(c) He says it isn't his job.
(d) He wants to read the book first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Huismans do almost immediately after the threat of war is over?

2. Moving deeper into Africa, what crosses Salim's mind?

3. What is the rumor Ferdinand spreads in the town?

4. How does Salim find the town when he arrives?

5. What is Ferdinand's question at Indar's lecture?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Zabeth's son.

2. What does Salim observe about the foreigners at the Domain?

3. What is the underlying mood of the villagers and what effect does it have on Ferdinand?

4. Why is Indar edgy after the party?

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

6. Explain how the reader understands that Salim is inexperienced with women.

7. How do Salim and his friend, Indar, escape the area where their families live?

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

9. Give some details about Father Huismans' hobby.

10. What is the situation at the beginning of the novel?

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