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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. Who is Salim's first customer?
(a) Raymond
(b) Indar
(c) Zabeth
(d) Mahesh

2. What venture does Mahesh undertake that worries Salim?
(a) He makes a contract with the President.
(b) He starts trading with the army.
(c) He makes elixers for illnesses.
(d) He opens a taxi service.

3. What African artifacts interest Father Huismans the most?
(a) Those made of ivory
(b) Those made for African religious purposes
(c) Those that have no religious significance
(d) Those that are more modern

4. What does Father Huismans do almost immediately after the threat of war is over?
(a) He organizes a village relief effort.
(b) He closes the lycee.
(c) He makes another trip to the bush.
(d) He calls for a day of prayer.

5. What request does Ferdinand make of Salim?
(a) He asks Salim to find him a wife.
(b) He asks Salim to send him to school in America.
(c) He asks Salim to let him work in the store and quit school.
(d) He asks Salim to buy him a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there no history of the Arabs in the country on the east coast of Africa?

2. Where does Indar take Salim after dinner one evening?

3. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?

4. Who is Salim's childhood friend who is going to England to study?

5. What does Salim learn from listening to the BBC?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Salim's family send the slave, Metty, to him?

2. Describe Salim's family.

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

4. What is going through Salim's mind as he travels deeper into the interior?

5. How do Salim and his friend, Indar, escape the area where their families live?

6. Describe the reunion of Salim and Indar.

7. Explain how the reader understands that Salim is inexperienced with women.

8. What is everyone's perception of Raymond?

9. What is the underlying mood of the villagers and what effect does it have on Ferdinand?

10. In what way is Father Huismans somewhat naive?

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