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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. Why is the Belgian clerk upset?
(a) He thinks conditions are too difficult to tolerate.
(b) He thinks Father Huismans is stealing from the lycee.
(c) He cannot find his glasses.
(d) He is sick and there is no doctor.

2. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?
(a) It was falling down anyway.
(b) Resentment against Arabs, Europeans, and Indians
(c) It was on a direct path of advancing troops.
(d) Looting for whatever valuables could be found

3. How does Ferdinand react to the army coming to town?
(a) He wants to form an opposition force.
(b) He wants to write a book about the villagers.
(c) He wants to join the army.
(d) He is fearful and wants to return to his village.

4. What does Father Huismans do almost immediately after the threat of war is over?
(a) He makes another trip to the bush.
(b) He closes the lycee.
(c) He organizes a village relief effort.
(d) He calls for a day of prayer.

5. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?
(a) The Sudan
(b) The east coast of Africa
(c) South Africa
(d) India

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?

2. What does Ferdinand promise to do but does not do?

3. What is the clear difference between Salim and Father Huismans, aside from religion?

4. What ends the budding war?

5. How does Mahesh finally make it big?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ferdinand become a burden on Salim?

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

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

5. What is the problem that arises over a book?

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

7. Describe Zabeth's son.

8. What is everyone's perception of Raymond?

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

10. Why is Indar edgy after the party?

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