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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 does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?
(a) He says he doesn't know who Mustafa is.
(b) He says he knew Mustafa as well.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He listens.

2. What did the villagers begin to build at one point?
(a) A hospital.
(b) An army.
(c) A school.
(d) A supermarket.

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

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

5. What does the narrator say about Western women?
(a) That they are smart.
(b) That he doesn't know about them.
(c) That they are attractive.
(d) That he knows all about them

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wad say when he heard Hosna's reaction to the marriage plans?

2. What does the narrator's sister think about Western women?

3. What else does the man on the train talk to the narrator about?

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

5. With who did they banter back and forth about their sexual exploits at grandfather's house?

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