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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did they have planned for the boys since the narrator was in town?
(a) A circumcision ceremony.
(b) A church ceremony.
(c) A wedding ceremony.
(d) A birthday party.

2. What else does the man on the train talk to the narrator about?
(a) His career with the army.
(b) His career with the government.
(c) The narrator's career.
(d) The weather.

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

4. To which school did the narrator and his friend Mahjoub go together?
(a) Elementary School.
(b) High School.
(c) University.
(d) Middle School.

5. What is Mustafa's last name?
(a) Mubarak.
(b) Kassioui.
(c) Sa'aad.
(d) Sa'eed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Hosna think Mustafa knew he was going to be gone?

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

4. What did the narrator do after leaving Mustafa's house the night Mustafa told his story?

5. How wass the grandfather's house built?

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