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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was presumed about Mustafa by the group of people the narrator talks to?
(a) That he was an intelligent professor.
(b) That he was a millionaire.
(c) That he was happily married.
(d) That he was dead.

2. How old is the strange man in the village the narrator is curious about?
(a) Around 50.
(b) Around 40.
(c) Around 70.
(d) Around 60.

3. How was Mustafa presented at his trial?
(a) As a suicidal man.
(b) As a young murderer.
(c) As a young genius.
(d) As an unintelligent student.

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

5. Who joins the narrator when he is drinking with Mahjoub one day?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Sa'eed.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Mahmoud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does the man on the train talk to the narrator about?

2. How long has the narrator been gone before returning to his village in Africa?

3. Where did the narrator stay during his absence in the village?

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

5. How did Jean Morris end her life?

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