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

2. Where do Salim and Yvette go after the steamer gets out of sight?
(a) To Salim's store
(b) To the Domain
(c) To find Raymond
(d) To a European restaurant

3. What is the "Cult of Madonna?"
(a) The elevated position of women in the country.
(b) The shrines set up as a tribute to the President's mother.
(c) A radical religious group who brainwash believers.
(d) The state religion ordered by the President.

4. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?
(a) Teach Ferdinand the shop business
(b) Take Ferdinand as a shop slave
(c) Marry her and be a father to Ferdinand
(d) Be Ferdinand's guardian while he studies at the lycee

5. Why is the social setting so different for Salim?
(a) As an Arab Muslim, he has never attended a party with mixed sexes.
(b) His only association with women has been in the brothels.
(c) People are dancing but he does not know how.
(d) He has never been to a party before.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the habit of Mahesh that always seems to fail?

4. What does Indar mean when he tells Salim he's where it's at.

5. What do the townspeople speculate about the new complex?

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