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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 19-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the river that runs through the village?
(a) Schelde.
(b) Donau.
(c) Amazon.
(d) Nile.

2. Who joins the narrator when he is drinking with Mahjoub one day?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Sa'eed.

3. Where did Mustafa meet Jean Morris?
(a) In Cairo.
(b) In Chelsea.
(c) In Khartoum.
(d) In Dublin.

4. Who was the public prosecutor at Mustafa's trial?
(a) One of his friends from Cairo.
(b) One of his teachers at Cairo.
(c) One of his teachers at Oxford.
(d) One of his friends from Oxford.

5. What does the narrator tell his family about the Europeans?
(a) That they are very different from the people in his village.
(b) That they are much smarter than the people in his village.
(c) That they have the same customs and traditions.
(d) That they are just like the people in his village are.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Mustafa presented at his trial?

2. What is the name of the narrator's favorite tree?

3. How long has the narrator been gone before returning to his village in Africa?

4. How old is the strange man in the village the narrator is curious about?

5. How did Mustafa feel when he grew up?

(see the answer key)

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