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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 166-169.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Mustafa do as the first Sudanese?
(a) Marry a French woman.
(b) Marry only one woman at a time.
(c) Marry an Egyptian woman.
(d) Marry an English woman.

3. How was Mustafa presented at his trial?
(a) As a young genius.
(b) As a suicidal man.
(c) As an unintelligent student.
(d) As a young murderer.

4. How long did it take Mustafa to learn to write?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

5. What reason for his visit did the narrator give his mother?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) The boys.
(c) Hosna.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's father do when he has tea with his family again?

2. What was the name of the college Mustafa went to in the Sudan?

3. How many years after Mustafa's death did the narrator go to work at the Department of Education in Khartoum?

4. What would Hosna not do to Wad for two weeks after the wedding?

5. What is the name of the narrator's sister?

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