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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the narrator go see his sister?
(a) On the third day of his visit.
(b) On the second day of his visit.
(c) On the fourth day of his visit.
(d) On the first day of his visit.

2. Why did the narrator visit his sister?
(a) Because he loves her.
(b) To get information about the murders.
(c) To avoid an argument.
(d) To get a letter from Hosna.

3. What does the narrator's sister think about Western women?
(a) That they are not as healthy as their tribal women.
(b) That they are not as knowledgeable as their tribal women.
(c) That they are not as attractive as their tribal women.
(d) That they are not as stupid as their tribal women.

4. Who did Wad want to marry?
(a) Bint Mazjoub.
(b) The wife of the narrator.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The widow of Mustafa Sa'eed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did the narrator talk about the murders with, after visiting his sister?

3. Who did Bint Mazjoub tell stories of?

4. What did the grandfather splurge on?

5. What else does the man on the train talk to the narrator about?

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