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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after Mustafa's death did the narrator go to work at the Department of Education in Khartoum?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

2. When were rooms added to the grandfather's house?
(a) When needed or when extra money was available.
(b) Only when extra money was available.
(c) Only when needed.
(d) When other rooms were destroyed.

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

4. Who was the narrator thinking about during his ghastly journey to the village?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His friend Mahjoub.
(c) Hosna.
(d) The boys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the narrator about Wad's marriage plans?

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

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

4. What does the subject turn to during the narrator's visit to the group of people, a month after the train conversation?

5. Who is telling a story when the narrator arrives at his grandfather's house?

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