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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 45-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Mustafa have?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. Who does the narrator talk to one day when taking the train?
(a) His father.
(b) A retired civil servant.
(c) A retired lawyer.
(d) His brother.

3. What does the narrator's father do when he has tea with his family again?
(a) He recites verses from the Bible.
(b) He eats cake.
(c) He recites verses from the Koran.
(d) He tells a few stories.

4. Who is Sa'eed?
(a) The mechanic.
(b) The shopkeeper.
(c) Mustafa's brother.
(d) Mustafa's helper.

5. What did this influential man do to Mustafa?
(a) He took him to school.
(b) He beat him.
(c) He gave him a gift.
(d) He offered him tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days following their introduction do the narrator and Mustafa have dinner?

2. Who does the narrator visit a month after the conversation on the train?

3. How many years after Mustafa's death did the narrator go to work at the Department of Education in Khartoum?

4. What else does the man on the train talk to the narrator about?

5. Which gift does Mustafa bring the narrator when he visits his house?

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