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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the narrator go see his sister?
(a) On the fourth day of his visit.
(b) On the first day of his visit.
(c) On the third day of his visit.
(d) On the second day of his visit.

3. How many years after Mustafa's death did the narrator go to work at the Department of Education in Khartoum?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

4. Who met the narrator when he arrived back into the village by steamer?
(a) His friend Mahjoub.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) Mustafa's sons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invited the narrator to lunch as the group left grandfather's house?

2. What does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?

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

4. How does the narrator know about the legendary flooding of the Nile?

5. What was presumed about Mustafa during the big flooding?

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