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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 88-104.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the grandfather splurge on?
(a) What he needed for the house.
(b) What his wife needed.
(c) What the narrator needed.
(d) What he needed for prayer.

2. To which school did the narrator and his friend Mahjoub go together?
(a) Elementary School.
(b) Middle School.
(c) High School.
(d) University.

3. What does the narrator hear about Mustafa during the conversation in the train?
(a) That he was a brilliant teacher.
(b) That he killed many women.
(c) That he was a fair student.
(d) That he was the most brilliant student.

4. What did they have planned for the boys since the narrator was in town?
(a) A church ceremony.
(b) A wedding ceremony.
(c) A circumcision ceremony.
(d) A birthday party.

5. Why did Mustafa marry Jean?
(a) Because she wanted children.
(b) Because he loved her very much.
(c) Because he wanted her money.
(d) Because she wanted to get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is telling a story when the narrator arrives at his grandfather's house?

2. What did Hosna do when she thought about Mustafa?

3. What was the name of the college Mustafa went to in the Sudan?

4. How many months a year dioesthe narrator spend in the village he grew up in?

5. What kind of life did the grandfather live?

(see the answer key)

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