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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 116-133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Bint Mazjoub tell stories of?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her husbands.

2. Who did a conference delegate praise about to Mahjoub?
(a) Himself.
(b) Mahjoub.
(c) Mustafa Sa'eed.
(d) The narrator.

3. What does the subject turn to during the narrator's visit to the group of people, a month after the train conversation?
(a) Mixed drinks.
(b) Mixed marriages.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Murder.

4. What does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?
(a) He listens.
(b) He smiles.
(c) He says he doesn't know who Mustafa is.
(d) He says he knew Mustafa as well.

5. Who is the narrator guardian of?
(a) Wad's children.
(b) Wad's sister.
(c) Mustafa's children.
(d) Mustafa's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Sudanese independence?

2. Who met the narrator when he arrived back into the village by steamer?

3. Why could Mahjoub not question the conference delegate?

4. What religion did they talk about at the grandfather's house?

5. When did the narrator go see his sister?

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