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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. How long had the person asking for the cigarette been traveling?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Four hours.

2. What did the narrator relate his knowledge of the women in the pictures to?
(a) To events he read about in the newspaper.
(b) To events known by nobody but him.
(c) To events that he has heard about from his family.
(d) To events that occured at the trial.

3. How did the narrator feel about Hosna?
(a) He was in love with her.
(b) He didn't particularly like her.
(c) He hated her.
(d) He liked her as a friend.

4. What resulted in the death of Hosna, according to the narrator?
(a) Her relationship with the villagers.
(b) Her marriage to Mustafa.
(c) Her forced marriage to Wad.
(d) Her relationship with her sons.

5. How did the narrator leave the triangular room?
(a) He slid.
(b) He ran.
(c) He crawled.
(d) He walked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator wonder after hearing about the tragedy in his village?

2. What did the narrator do when he's tired of looking over the contents in the triangular room?

3. What did the narrator regret not having done?

4. What did the narrator find in the triangular room?

5. What did the narrator decide to do with Mrs. Robinson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the narrator find in the triangular room and what did he do while in there?

2. In pages 134-165, the narrator wonders what has happened to his world. Explain this feeling.

3. How do you know from the book that the Sudan is a hot country?

4. Give your opinion about the book and its two main characters.

5. What does Hosna tell the narrator about Mustafa when he visited her one day?

6. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

7. What did the narrator do when he approaches the triangular room?

8. Soon after leaving the village, the narrator has to go back. Why?

9. Where did the narrator go after leaving Mustafa's house and what happened there?

10. Describe how the narrator left the village again after his conversations with Hosna and Mahjoub.

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