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

2. What happened to Mustafa during the big flooding?
(a) He got married.
(b) He lost his house.
(c) He saved a lot of people.
(d) He didn't return home.

3. How does the narrator know about the legendary flooding of the Nile?
(a) His father told him.
(b) He read about it.
(c) Mustafa told him.
(d) His mother told him.

4. What religion did they talk about at the grandfather's house?
(a) Islam.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Budhism.
(d) Catholicism.

5. What was presumed about Mustafa during the big flooding?
(a) That he moved.
(b) That he lost his children.
(c) That he drowned.
(d) That he lost his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Hosna not do to Wad for two weeks after the wedding?

2. How were Hosna and Wad buried?

3. What kind of life did the grandfather live?

4. Why did the narrator go back to the village after leaving by car?

5. When did legendary flooding of the Nile occur?

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