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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salim say that he and all the guests at the party were doing?
(a) Having glum thoughts about the world
(b) Bragging about their own accomplishments
(c) Pretending to be safe
(d) Trying to understand the Joan Baez songs

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

3. Why does Zabeth have a strange odor about her person?
(a) She uses it to keep people away for her protection.
(b) It is a trait of her village tribe.
(c) She has been without soap until Salim reopens the shop.
(d) She runs a slaughterhouse in the village.

4. Where does Indar take Salim after dinner one evening?
(a) To his apartment in the Domain
(b) To a parade of cadets
(c) To the movies
(d) To a party

5. What does Father Huismans think about the future of Africa?
(a) That it will never progress
(b) That it will soon return to its primative ways
(c) That it will become united into one continental country
(d) That modern civilization is coming

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salim leave the bend in the river?

2. What does Ferdinand imply to Salim?

3. What happens to change the relationship between Salim and Metty?

4. What signals the end of the town's boom?

5. How have Salim's ideas shifted since his affair with Yvette?

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