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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did he leave the village the last time?
(a) One month.
(b) 28 days.
(c) 32 days.
(d) Two weeks.

2. What did the narrator do after leaving Mustafa's house the night Mustafa told his story?
(a) He wanders around.
(b) He goes home.
(c) He visits his grandfather.
(d) He goes for a swim.

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

4. Who does the narrator visit a month after the conversation on the train?
(a) Some people from the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Some people from the University in Khartoum.
(c) Some people from the Department of Education.
(d) Some people from the University in Cairo.

5. What did the narrator regret not having done?
(a) Going in Mustafa's special room.
(b) Marrying Hosna.
(c) Talking to his grandfather.
(d) Taking the boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator talk to one day when taking the train?

2. Who met the narrator when he arrived back into the village by steamer?

3. What was the narrator being told by the person who picks him up?

4. What is the house of the narrator's grandfather made of?

5. How were Hosna and Wad buried?

(see the answer key)

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