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

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

3. How does Salim's Moslem religion differ from pure Arabian religion?
(a) It includes Christian traditions.
(b) It is a religion of traditions from people who do not read Arabic.
(c) It only requires prayer once a day.
(d) It has traces of Hinduism.

4. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?
(a) He wants to read the book first.
(b) He throws the book in the river.
(c) He gets angry and refuses to do it.
(d) He says it isn't his job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Salim buy the store from Nazruddin?

2. Who does Salim think about who had been driven on foot along the same road he travels?

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

4. Where has Salim come from as the story opens?

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

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