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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hosna think Mustafa knew he was going to be gone?
(a) He told her about it.
(b) He wrote her a letter about it.
(c) He put his affairs in order.
(d) He mentioned this to his children.

2. What does the narrator talk about when he returns to the village he grew up in?
(a) The steamer that travels on the Nile.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) A donkey.
(d) His new love affair.

3. How long had the person asking for the cigarette been traveling?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two days.

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

5. Who was the public prosecutor at Mustafa's trial?
(a) One of his friends from Cairo.
(b) One of his teachers at Cairo.
(c) One of his friends from Oxford.
(d) One of his teachers at Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is left for the narrator when Mustafa disappeared?

2. What does the narrator say about Western women?

3. What killed Wad and Hosna?

4. When was the last time Mustafa saw his mother?

5. What does the narrator hear about Mustafa during the conversation in the train?

(see the answer key)

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