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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 166-169.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often did the steamer come to the narrator's childhood village?
(a) Once a day.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Twice a month.
(d) Once a week.

2. Who was the public prosecutor at Mustafa's trial?
(a) One of his friends from Cairo.
(b) One of his teachers at Cairo.
(c) One of his teachers at Oxford.
(d) One of his friends from Oxford.

3. What did the narrator miss most during his absence in the village?
(a) The climate.
(b) The food.
(c) Nature.
(d) The closeness of tribal life.

4. What reason for his visit did the narrator give his mother?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) The boys.
(c) His mother.
(d) Hosna.

5. What else does the man on the train talk to the narrator about?
(a) His career with the army.
(b) His career with the government.
(c) The weather.
(d) The narrator's career.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mustafa suffer from?

2. Where did Mrs. Robinson live?

3. How did the narrator try to get help when caught in something at the end of the book?

4. How old is Sa'eed?

5. How does the narrator travel back to the village from the steamer?

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