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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Is Salim comfortable with the teaching of the Domain?
(a) He thinks the teaching there is too conservative.
(b) He wonders if they are fooling themselves by ignoring the difference between Old and New Africa.
(c) He wonders where they stand on the arabs in Africa.
(d) He wishes the Domain would offer jobs instead of lectures.

3. What is the social occasion between Salim, Shoba, and Mahesh?
(a) A church service
(b) A concert
(c) A party
(d) A dinner

4. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?
(a) The villagers see an opportunity for business.
(b) They begin to fear it and talk of destroying it rises again.
(c) They are pushed further and further into the outskirts.
(d) The villagers dislike the increased population but do not return to the villages.

5. Why do people like to go to the Bigburger?
(a) To get inside an air conditioned building where they do not smell the garbage.
(b) There is no place else to go.
(c) Mahesh has young girls working there.
(d) They develop a taste for French fried potatoes.

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

7. How does Mahesh finally make it big?
(a) He starts a pawn shop.
(b) He opens a Bigburger franchise.
(c) He finds a gold mine.
(d) He takes over the lycee after Father Huismans' death.

8. What emotion goes through Salim now when he sees or thinks about Ferdinand?
(a) He fears Ferdinand as a force for graft and corruption.
(b) He is surprised that Ferdinand has not dropped out.
(c) He is proud that everyone knows he is Ferdinand's guardian.
(d) He is envious of Ferdinand's possibility of getting into positions of power and control.

9. In what way is Salim optimistic about the town?
(a) He sees that the youth are being educated.
(b) He sees that it is in a strategic place for development.
(c) He thinks it will grow back if the peace holds.
(d) He thinks he will be able to build his business and sell it.

10. What accompanies Salim's paperwork when he goes to get a consignment from customs?
(a) A five hundred franc note
(b) A voucher for free goods from Salim's store
(c) An affadavit from the police
(d) A bodyguard

11. What is Raymond's connection to the President?
(a) He tutored him when he was a boy.
(b) He taught the President in the university in London.
(c) He is the brother of the President's white wife.
(d) He was a close friend of the Presiden't father.

12. What does Salim remember as being outside his hometown?
(a) Slave stockades
(b) Dense jungles
(c) A large cemetery
(d) Army barracks

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

14. What confidence does Indar impart to Salim?
(a) The President is going his own way and no longer needs Raymond's help.
(b) The President is going to replace Raymond at the Domain.
(c) The Domain is going to close for lack of funds.
(d) The Domain is about to become an officer training school for the army.

15. How does the President manage the war in the town and surrounding area?
(a) He conscripts the villagers into his own army.
(b) He moves his capital to the town.
(c) He sends mercenaries who shoot two of the army officers.
(d) He calls in United Nations peace keepers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?

2. Why do other boys from the lycee come to see Salim?

3. Where is Father Huismans when Salim calls on him?

4. What does Salim think when he is shown the collection of African masks?

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

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