A Bend in the River Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Bend in the River Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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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. How does Salim find the town when he arrives?
(a) It is more than half destroyed from the revolution.
(b) It is beginning to prosper.
(c) The President has put money into the town's recovery.
(d) Many new shops and houses are under construction.

2. What does Salim learn about Zabeth's family?
(a) That her family was killed in the revolution
(b) That she keeps her children hidden in the jungle
(c) That she has a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son
(d) That she is related by blood to everyone in her village

3. Moving deeper into Africa, what crosses Salim's mind?
(a) He debates turning around and going back to the coast.
(b) He questions whether he knows how to run a store.
(c) He wonders if he had made a mistake.
(d) He fears he did not bring enough supplies.

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

5. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?
(a) They want him to send them to America to study.
(b) The want Salim to take Ferdinand out of their school.
(c) They are looking for jobs.
(d) They try to buy Salim's car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Salim's first customer?

2. What request does Ferdinand make of Salim?

3. How are the east coast slaves different from those taken on the west coast of Africa?

4. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

5. What is Salim's ethnic background?

(see the answer key)

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