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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator talk about when he returns to the village he grew up in?
(a) The steamer that travels on the Nile.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) A donkey.
(d) His new love affair.

2. How do the narrator and his grandfather feel about seeing each other?
(a) Overly excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Sad.

3. What is stored in the strange triangular room of Mustafa's house?
(a) Papers and diaries.
(b) A key and a message.
(c) A testament.
(d) Nothing.

4. When was the Sudanese independence?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1920s.

5. How did an influential man once appear before Mustafa?
(a) On a bike.
(b) In a car.
(c) On a mule.
(d) On horseback.

6. Which people occupied the Sudan in the past?
(a) The English.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The French.
(d) The Spanish.

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

8. Who told the narrator about Wad's marriage plans?
(a) Father.
(b) Wad himself.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Mustafa.

9. When were rooms added to the grandfather's house?
(a) Only when needed.
(b) Only when extra money was available.
(c) When needed or when extra money was available.
(d) When other rooms were destroyed.

10. What does the subject turn to during the narrator's visit to the group of people, a month after the train conversation?
(a) Mixed marriages.
(b) Mixed drinks.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Murder.

11. What is left for the narrator when Mustafa disappeared?
(a) A key and a testament.
(b) A message and a testament.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A key and a message.

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

13. What was the narrator's promise to Mustafa?
(a) Not to talk about him.
(b) Not to talk about his mother.
(c) Not to take care of his sons.
(d) Not to go into the triangular room.

14. What is the name of the river that runs through the village?
(a) Schelde.
(b) Donau.
(c) Nile.
(d) Amazon.

15. What is the house of the narrator's grandfather made of?
(a) Mud.
(b) Palm leaves.
(c) Wood.
(d) Brick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mustafa marry Jean?

2. How many years did Mustafa stay in his first school before going abroad the first time?

3. Where did Mustafa meet Jean Morris?

4. How does the narrator think Mustafa died?

5. What did Mustafa do when this influential man appeared?

(see the answer keys)

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