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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With who did they banter back and forth about their sexual exploits at grandfather's house?
(a) With the village leaders.
(b) With the old men.
(c) With the old women.
(d) With the neighbors.

2. What did the narrator tell his friend Mahjoub about in Khartoum?
(a) The agricultural conference.
(b) A new hospital.
(c) A new university.
(d) The educational conference.

3. Why did the narrator feel he lost the war?
(a) Because he didn't act when he could have.
(b) Because the enemy was stronger.
(c) Because he acted in a correct way.
(d) Because he killed a few people.

4. What did the narrator feel, realizing his world turned upside down?
(a) Violence.
(b) Love.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Compassion.

5. How does the narrator think Mustafa died?
(a) By disease or suffocation.
(b) By disease or suicide.
(c) By drowning or suicide.
(d) By drowning or disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator regret not having done?

2. How does the narrator know about the legendary flooding of the Nile?

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

4. Why did the narrator visit his sister?

5. Who are Mahmoud and Sa'eed?

(see the answer key)

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