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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 70-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the narrator and his grandfather feel about seeing each other?
(a) Overly excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Sad.

3. What did the grandfather splurge on?
(a) What he needed for prayer.
(b) What he needed for the house.
(c) What his wife needed.
(d) What the narrator needed.

4. What else does the man on the train talk to the narrator about?
(a) His career with the army.
(b) His career with the government.
(c) The narrator's career.
(d) The weather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?

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

3. What happened to Mustafa during the big flooding?

4. What did Mustafa do as the first Sudanese?

5. What does the narrator say about Western women?

(see the answer key)

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