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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 invited the narrator to lunch as the group left grandfather's house?
(a) Mustafa Sa'eed.
(b) Wad Prayers.
(c) Wad Rayyes.
(d) Bint Mazjoub.

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

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) Catholicism.
(b) Budhism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Islam.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator do after leaving Mustafa's house the night Mustafa told his story?

2. What was presumed about Mustafa during the big flooding?

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

4. Who was the narrator thinking about during his ghastly journey to the village?

5. How long ago did he leave the village the last time?

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