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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Indar mean when he tells Salim he's where it's at.
(a) Where the new revolution will start.
(b) Where everything will come to an end.
(c) Where big things are happening.
(d) Where these is the peace of obscurity.

2. What does Indar lecture about when Salim attends his class?
(a) Parts of Africa he has visited
(b) The economics of gold and ivory
(c) The preservation of wildlife
(d) Life in England

3. How does Salim envision the young African boys?
(a) As a repeat of the mpast African mistakes
(b) As hopeless boys who cannot be educated
(c) As both pround and ashamed of their country
(d) As the future of a much more stable Africa

4. What does Indar say about Raymond?
(a) He is the President's brother-in-law.
(b) He is very wise for one so young,
(c) He is never seen at the Domain.
(d) He is the President's white man.

5. What is Salim's ethnic background?
(a) He is Arab with African blood from his grandmother.
(b) Salim is half Arab and half European.
(c) His family from northwest India is considered Arab.
(d) His family came from the Arabian penninsula.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim observe when he visits the Domain?

2. What does Salim remember as being outside his hometown?

3. Why had the town been destroyed during the war?

4. Who is the narrator of the story?

5. Why was the wooden ice cream spoon venture foolish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the trip longer and more complicated?

2. Explain the change in the relationship between Salim and Metty.

3. What does Salim observe about the foreigners at the Domain?

4. How does Ferdinand become a burden on Salim?

5. Explain why Zabeth brings Ferdinand to see Salim.

6. Describe the reunion of Salim and Indar.

7. For what is the President's complex to be used?

8. What is everyone's perception of Raymond?

9. Give some details about Father Huismans' hobby.

10. Describe Zabeth's business.

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