Season of Migration to the North Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Pages 1-18

1. How did the narrator feel about being back in his old village after being gone for seven years?

2. How can you tell that the village life seems unchanged to the narrator when he gets back after all those years?

3. Who was the strange man in the village when the narrator gets back and how does he describe this man?

4. What does the narrator tell his family about the Europeans?

5. How can you relate the narrator to the Acacia tree?