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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 45-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jean Morris end her life?
(a) She hung herself.
(b) She took a fatal dose of medicines.
(c) She shot herself.
(d) She gassed herself.

2. What did the narrator do after leaving Mustafa's house the night Mustafa told his story?
(a) He goes home.
(b) He goes for a swim.
(c) He wanders around.
(d) He visits his grandfather.

3. Whose voice did the narrator hear when he walked by his grandfather's house?
(a) His grandfather's.
(b) Mustafa's.
(c) His grandmother's.
(d) His father's.

4. What does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?
(a) He says he knew Mustafa as well.
(b) He listens.
(c) He says he doesn't know who Mustafa is.
(d) He smiles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the college Mustafa went to in the Sudan?

2. How many years after Mustafa's death did the narrator go to work at the Department of Education in Khartoum?

3. What is the name of the river that runs through the village?

4. Why did Mustafa decide to stay in the village after leaving the place he was from?

5. Who does the narrator visit a month after the conversation on the train?

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