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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salim say that he and all the guests at the party were doing?
(a) Bragging about their own accomplishments
(b) Pretending to be safe
(c) Trying to understand the Joan Baez songs
(d) Having glum thoughts about the world

2. What does Father Huismans think about the future of Africa?
(a) That modern civilization is coming
(b) That it will soon return to its primative ways
(c) That it will become united into one continental country
(d) That it will never progress

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

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

5. What was wrong with Mahesh's engraving machine that makes signs?
(a) He could not get the raw materials to make the signs.
(b) No one needed signs.
(c) The machine was too complicated for him to operate.
(d) It was impossible to assemble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What African artifacts interest Father Huismans the most?

2. What does Salim see as the contradiction in Father Huismans?

3. Why was the wooden ice cream spoon venture foolish?

4. How does Mahesh finally make it big?

5. What causes Indar to become depressed?

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