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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 105-115.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins the narrator when he is drinking with Mahjoub one day?
(a) Sa'eed.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Mahmoud.

2. Where did Mustafa first see Isabella Seymour?
(a) At school.
(b) In a bar.
(c) At a store.
(d) At a park.

3. Who did the narrator talk to when Mahmoud and Sa'eed left?
(a) To Wad.
(b) To his grandfather.
(c) To Mustafa's widow.
(d) To Mustafa.

4. What were Western women called in the stories at grandfather's house?
(a) Pretty women.
(b) Smart women.
(c) Ugly women.
(d) Infidel women.

5. What kind of a person was Mustafa towards Hosna?
(a) Loving and faithful.
(b) Good and generous.
(c) Violent and unforgiving.
(d) Awful and rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days following their introduction do the narrator and Mustafa have dinner?

2. Who does the narrator visit a month after the conversation on the train?

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

4. Where is Mustafa from?

5. What is the name of the narrator's favorite tree?

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