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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sa'eed?
(a) The shopkeeper.
(b) Mustafa's brother.
(c) The mechanic.
(d) Mustafa's helper.

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

3. What is Mustafa's last name?
(a) Sa'eed.
(b) Sa'aad.
(c) Mubarak.
(d) Kassioui.

4. What had instructions about what to do in the event of Mustafa's death?
(a) A letter.
(b) A testament.
(c) A postcard.
(d) A diary.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the narrator guardian of?

3. How often did the steamer come to the narrator's childhood village?

4. What were tribal women that Western women are not?

5. Where did Mustafa meet Jean Morris?

(see the answer key)

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