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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What request does Ferdinand make of Salim?
(a) He asks Salim to buy him a car.
(b) He asks Salim to send him to school in America.
(c) He asks Salim to let him work in the store and quit school.
(d) He asks Salim to find him a wife.

2. What is the rumor Ferdinand spreads in the town?
(a) That Salim is secretly married to Nazruddin's daughter
(b) That Salim is sending him to study in America
(c) That Salim is secretly a millionaire
(d) That Salim is trading on the black market

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

4. Why did the slaves on the east coast not desire freedom?
(a) They were paid wages for their work.
(b) They had never known anything else.
(c) They had no place to go.
(d) They became part of the family that owned them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Salim's first customer?

2. How had Nazruddin come into possession of the store?

3. What contraband does one boy leave at Salim's shop?

4. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?

5. What does Salim remember as being outside his hometown?

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