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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 88-104.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often did the steamer come to the narrator's childhood village?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Twice a month.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once a day.

2. Who is the narrator guardian of?
(a) Mustafa's children.
(b) Mustafa's wife.
(c) Wad's sister.
(d) Wad's children.

3. How many different women was Mustafa living with simultaneously when he was with Jean?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. Who did the villagers blame for not getting the project they worked on finished?
(a) The guerilla.
(b) The enemy.
(c) The government.
(d) The neighboring country.

5. What does the narrator not want Mustafa to become for him?
(a) An example.
(b) An obsession.
(c) A vague memory.
(d) A hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a person was Mustafa towards Hosna?

2. What is the narrator's response to the presumption about Mustafa?

3. What will Hosna do if she's forced to marry Wad?

4. When was the last time Mustafa saw his mother?

5. What did they have planned for the boys since the narrator was in town?

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