View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?
(a) He wants to progress but he does not like to study.
(b) He wants more security than with his parents but the town is insecure too.
(c) He hates Salim but his mother won't let him change guardians.
(d) He wants to live in the village but he also wants to study.

5. Who does Salim think about who had been driven on foot along the same road he travels?
(a) Captured Europeans
(b) Arab settlers being forced out
(c) Prisoners who built the road
(d) African slaves

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Salim's ethnic background?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 352 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample