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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hosna think Mustafa knew he was going to be gone?
(a) He put his affairs in order.
(b) He mentioned this to his children.
(c) He wrote her a letter about it.
(d) He told her about it.

2. When did Mustafa travel around Europe, the Orient and India?
(a) After he lost his mother.
(b) After he killed one of his wives.
(c) After he was released from prison.
(d) After he finished school.

3. How did Mustafa feel when he grew up?
(a) Scared.
(b) Sad.
(c) Free.
(d) Tired.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of life did the grandfather live?

2. Which war did Mustafa write comments about in the letter to the narrator?

3. Who is telling a story when the narrator arrives at his grandfather's house?

4. What did the narrator ask Hosna?

5. How did Jean Morris end her life?

(see the answer key)

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