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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Sa'eed?
(a) Mustafa's helper.
(b) The shopkeeper.
(c) The mechanic.
(d) Mustafa's brother.

3. What did Mustafa suffer from?
(a) A chronic disease.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Suicidal thoughts.
(d) Wanderlust.

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

5. Where did the narrator stay during his absence in the village?
(a) Europe.
(b) America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time Mustafa saw his mother?

2. What did Mustafa cause to other young women?

3. What religion did they talk about at the grandfather's house?

4. How many siblings does Mustafa have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you know about Mustafa's family and how did that affect him?

2. Does Mustafa Sa'eed become an obsession for the narrator?

3. Whose story did the narrator interrupt when arriving at his grandfather's house one day and what was the story about?

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

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

6. What did grandfather tell the narrator about Wad Rayyes?

7. What did Mustafa do after he was released from prison?

8. Which woman did Mustafa meet at a party in Chelsea and what happened to her?

9. How do the narrator and Mustafa first meet and what do they learn about each other?

10. What did the narrator's companion on the train in Khartoum tell him about Mustafa and how did he react to this information?

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