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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Indar say he actually learned at the University.
(a) That he learned enough to get a good job
(b) That his education was profitable for him
(c) That he learned nothing
(d) That he learned how to live successfully in the world

3. What did one of Indar's lecturers suggest for him?
(a) That he become a diplomat
(b) That he become a public speaker
(c) That he take another degree
(d) That he start his own business in Africa

4. Who was Salim expecting when Metty led Indar into the store?
(a) Metty's wife and new baby.
(b) Some member of the army come to extort money or supplies.
(c) Someone looking for a job or a handout.
(d) Someone about to make a claim on him in the name of family, community, or religion.

5. What does Indar say his goal is now?
(a) To stay on the lecture circuit and make a fortune.
(b) To go into politics and run against the President.
(c) To write the book that Raymond is incapable of writing.
(d) To give the men hope, to give Africa better news about itself, and to start the true African revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Father Huismans' death, what prediction of his comes about?

2. What does Salim explain to Indar after the lecture?

3. Where does Father Huismans keep his collection of African artifacts?

4. What does Salim say that he and all the guests at the party were doing?

5. How long had two slave families been with Salim's family?

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