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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Western women called in the stories at grandfather's house?
(a) Pretty women.
(b) Infidel women.
(c) Ugly women.
(d) Smart women.

2. What does the narrator hear about Mustafa during the conversation in the train?
(a) That he was the most brilliant student.
(b) That he killed many women.
(c) That he was a brilliant teacher.
(d) That he was a fair student.

3. How were Hosna and Wad buried?
(a) With a nice funeral.
(b) With a busy ceremony.
(c) Slowly with lots of greetings.
(d) Quickly and without a funeral.

4. Who did the narrator talk about the murders with, after visiting his sister?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His friend Mahjoub.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator regret not having done?

2. Why could Mahjoub not question the conference delegate?

3. What did the narrator tell his friend Mahjoub about in Khartoum?

4. What were tribal women that Western women are not?

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

(see the answer key)

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