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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Father Huismans when Salim calls on him?
(a) Outside playing football with the boys
(b) Up on the roof, repairing some damage
(c) In the room where he keeps his collection of masks.
(d) On one of his trips into the bush

2. Why is Shoba fearful?
(a) She cannot sleep at night for fear of burglars.
(b) Mahesh may be conscripted into the army.
(c) Mahesh has been spending a lot of time with a woman.
(d) Her brothers had vowed to throw acid in her face and kill Mahesh.

3. From where does the name Metty come?
(a) From a corruption of the English word, middle
(b) From a French word, mestise, which means of mixed race
(c) From a Portuguese word meaning metal
(d) From a story about Methuselah, the oldest man

4. What behavior does Ferdinand go through after coming to the lycee?
(a) He tries out different personalities.
(b) He decides to get close to Salim.
(c) He becomes an African militant.
(d) He becomes sullen and tries to run away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?

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

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

4. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?

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

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