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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 invited the narrator to lunch as the group left grandfather's house?
(a) Wad Rayyes.
(b) Wad Prayers.
(c) Bint Mazjoub.
(d) Mustafa Sa'eed.

2. What kind of life did the grandfather live?
(a) A comfortable life.
(b) A tiring life.
(c) A rich life.
(d) An acetic life.

3. What would Hosna not do to Wad for two weeks after the wedding?
(a) Write.
(b) Talk.
(c) Smile.
(d) Cook dinner.

4. Who did the narrator think about as he reads about Jean Morris?
(a) Mustafa.
(b) Hosna.
(c) Majhoub.
(d) His mother.

5. How did Jean Morris end her life?
(a) She gassed herself.
(b) She shot herself.
(c) She hung herself.
(d) She took a fatal dose of medicines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator and his friend Mahjoub banter about being in Mustafa's special room?

2. Who did the narrator talk about the murders with, after visiting his sister?

3. When did legendary flooding of the Nile occur?

4. What did Mustafa have in Khartoum?

5. How many siblings does Mustafa have?

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