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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator talk to one day when taking the train?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) A retired civil servant.
(d) A retired lawyer.

2. What did this influential man do to Mustafa?
(a) He beat him.
(b) He offered him tea.
(c) He gave him a gift.
(d) He took him to school.

3. Which war did Mustafa write comments about in the letter to the narrator?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Sudanese War.
(d) World War I.

4. What happened to Mustafa during the big flooding?
(a) He got married.
(b) He didn't return home.
(c) He lost his house.
(d) He saved a lot of people.

5. How many years did Mustafa stay in his first school before going abroad the first time?
(a) Four years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many siblings does Mustafa have?

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

4. Where did the narrator go the day after he hears about Wad's marriage plans?

5. What is stored in the strange triangular room of Mustafa's house?

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