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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Father Huismans keep his collection of African artifacts?
(a) In the chapel of the lycee
(b) In an extra dormitory room of the lycee
(c) In the old gun room of the lycee
(d) In his private quarters

3. Where is Father Huismans when Salim calls on him?
(a) In the room where he keeps his collection of masks.
(b) Up on the roof, repairing some damage
(c) Outside playing football with the boys
(d) On one of his trips into the bush

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Salim's first customer?

2. What is Ferdinand's reaction when Salim wants him to take a book back to the lycee?

3. Who does Salim go to see at the lycee?

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

5. When Salim finally meets with Father Huismans, what does he see?

(see the answer key)

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