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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 many years did Mustafa stay in his first school before going abroad the first time?
(a) Four months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

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

3. How does the narrator know about the legendary flooding of the Nile?
(a) Mustafa told him.
(b) His father told him.
(c) His mother told him.
(d) He read about it.

4. Who does the narrator remember when he sees his favorite tree?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His best friend.

5. How many years after Mustafa's death did the narrator go to work at the Department of Education in Khartoum?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Mustafa meet Jean Morris?

3. What does the narrator tell his family about the Europeans?

4. How many different women was Mustafa living with simultaneously when he was with Jean?

5. What happened to Mustafa during the big flooding?

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