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

3. What is left for the narrator when Mustafa disappeared?
(a) A message and a testament.
(b) A key and a testament.
(c) A key and a message.
(d) Nothing.

4. What happened to Mustafa during the big flooding?
(a) He didn't return home.
(b) He lost his house.
(c) He saved a lot of people.
(d) He got married.

5. Why did Mustafa decide to stay in the village after leaving the place he was from?
(a) Because he likes it.
(b) Because he meets the narrator.
(c) Because he gets offered a job.
(d) Because he falls in love with a woman.

6. When were rooms added to the grandfather's house?
(a) When other rooms were destroyed.
(b) When needed or when extra money was available.
(c) Only when needed.
(d) Only when extra money was available.

7. Who was Mustafa's only relative?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

8. With who did they banter back and forth about their sexual exploits at grandfather's house?
(a) With the village leaders.
(b) With the old men.
(c) With the old women.
(d) With the neighbors.

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

10. What were tribal women that Western women are not?
(a) Smart.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Circumcised.

11. Who did the villagers blame for not getting the project they worked on finished?
(a) The guerilla.
(b) The government.
(c) The neighboring country.
(d) The enemy.

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

13. Who did Wad want to marry?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) Bint Mazjoub.
(c) The wife of the narrator.
(d) The widow of Mustafa Sa'eed.

14. When did Mustafa travel around Europe, the Orient and India?
(a) After he finished school.
(b) After he lost his mother.
(c) After he killed one of his wives.
(d) After he was released from prison.

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