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

2. How does Salim envision the young African boys?
(a) As both pround and ashamed of their country
(b) As hopeless boys who cannot be educated
(c) As a repeat of the mpast African mistakes
(d) As the future of a much more stable Africa

3. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?
(a) That the Arabs on the east coast have migrated to Egypt
(b) That Africans have attacked Arabs on the eastern coast
(c) That a tsunami has struck the east coast
(d) That an earthquake destroyed his hometown

4. How had Nazruddin come into possession of the store?
(a) He was able to get government support.
(b) He had started the store himself.
(c) It was willed to him by an uncle.
(d) The owner sold it cheaply after the revolution.

5. Who sold him the store he is going to run?
(a) Mahesh
(b) Nazruddin
(c) Indar
(d) Zabeth

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

2. The palace once built by a businessman in town is now serving what purpose?

3. What is Ferdinand's dilemma?

4. Moving deeper into Africa, what crosses Salim's mind?

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

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