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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 61-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mustafa first see Isabella Seymour?
(a) At school.
(b) At a store.
(c) In a bar.
(d) At a park.

2. How many different women was Mustafa living with simultaneously when he was with Jean?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

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

4. Who joins the narrator when he is drinking with Mahjoub one day?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Sa'eed.
(d) Mahmoud.

5. 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 Cairo.
(c) Some people from the Department of Education.
(d) Some people from the University in Khartoum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the public prosecutor at Mustafa's trial?

2. Who waits for the narrator each time he arrived back in his childhood village?

3. What is the name of the river that runs through the village?

4. What did the narrator miss most during his absence in the village?

5. Who was Mustafa's only relative?

(see the answer key)

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