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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) Bint Mazjoub.
(b) Wad Prayers.
(c) Mustafa Sa'eed.
(d) Wad Rayyes.

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

3. What was the narrator being told by the person who picks him up?
(a) That the boys were all right.
(b) That his father was all right.
(c) That Hosna was all right.
(d) That his grandfather was all right.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator hear about Mustafa during the conversation in the train?

2. Why could Mahjoub not question the conference delegate?

3. What did Mustafa do as the first Sudanese?

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

5. What does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?

(see the answer key)

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