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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 116-133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mustafa do when this influential man appeared?
(a) Talk to him.
(b) Hide somewhere.
(c) Offer him tea.
(d) Run away.

2. Who told the narrator about Wad's marriage plans?
(a) Father.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Wad himself.
(d) Mustafa.

3. What does the narrator tell his family about the Europeans?
(a) That they are much smarter than the people in his village.
(b) That they are very different from the people in his village.
(c) That they are just like the people in his village are.
(d) That they have the same customs and traditions.

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

5. Who does the narrator visit a month after the conversation on the train?
(a) Some people from the University in Cairo.
(b) Some people from the Department of Education.
(c) Some people from the Department of Agriculture.
(d) Some people from the University in Khartoum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Mustafa to learn to write?

2. Where did the narrator leave for after the ceremony in his village?

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

4. Who is the narrator guardian of?

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

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