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

2. Why did Mustafa decide to stay in the village after leaving the place he was from?
(a) Because he falls in love with a woman.
(b) Because he meets the narrator.
(c) Because he likes it.
(d) Because he gets offered a job.

3. Who does the narrator talk to one day when taking the train?
(a) A retired civil servant.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) A retired lawyer.

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

5. What is the house of the narrator's grandfather made of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Mud.
(c) Brick.
(d) Palm leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator travel back to the village from the steamer?

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

3. Where did the narrator stay during his absence in the village?

4. Whose voice did the narrator hear when he walked by his grandfather's house?

5. What did this influential man do to Mustafa?

(see the answer key)

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