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

2. Who told the narrator about Wad's marriage plans?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Father.
(d) Wad himself.

3. What is the name of the narrator's sister?
(a) Flint Majzoub.
(b) Bint Majzoub.
(c) Bint Mahjoub.
(d) Flint Mahjoub.

4. How long ago did he leave the village the last time?
(a) One month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) 28 days.
(d) 32 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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