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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the narrator try to get help when caught in something at the end of the book?
(a) He sounded a horn.
(b) He called out.
(c) He whistled.
(d) He wrote a letter.

3. What did Mustafa suffer from?
(a) A chronic disease.
(b) Suicidal thoughts.
(c) Wanderlust.
(d) Boredom.

4. Whose voice did the narrator hear when he walked by his grandfather's house?
(a) His grandfather's.
(b) His father's.
(c) Mustafa's.
(d) His grandmother's.

5. What did Hosna do when she thought about Mustafa?
(a) She made food.
(b) She sobbed.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She smiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had the key to Mustafa's special room?

2. What did the narrator think about another fire in the village?

3. What did Hosna think about getting married again?

4. Why did Hosna think Mustafa knew he was going to be gone?

5. What was the narrator's promise to Mustafa?

(see the answer key)

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