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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 134-165.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the narrator wonder after hearing about the tragedy in his village?
(a) He wondered whether he should stay.
(b) He wondered whether to take Mustafa's boys with him.
(c) He wondered what has happened to his world.
(d) He wondered why it is so hot.

3. Who did Bint Mazjoub tell stories of?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her husbands.
(d) Her siblings.

4. What kinds of things did people in the narrator's village normally not do?
(a) Marry somebody.
(b) Laugh at somebody.
(c) Murder somebody.
(d) Help somebody.

5. When did the narrator go see his sister?
(a) On the second day of his visit.
(b) On the first day of his visit.
(c) On the third day of his visit.
(d) On the fourth day of his visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason for his visit did the narrator give his mother?

2. Who met the narrator when he arrived back into the village by steamer?

3. Why did the narrator feel he lost the war?

4. What did the narrator and his friend Mahjoub banter about being in Mustafa's special room?

5. Why did Mustafa marry Jean?

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