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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the villagers begin to build at one point?
(a) A school.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A supermarket.
(d) An army.

2. What did the grandfather splurge on?
(a) What he needed for prayer.
(b) What he needed for the house.
(c) What the narrator needed.
(d) What his wife needed.

3. How did Mustafa feel when he grew up?
(a) Free.
(b) Scared.
(c) Sad.
(d) Tired.

4. What did the narrator do after leaving Mustafa's house the night Mustafa told his story?
(a) He goes for a swim.
(b) He wanders around.
(c) He visits his grandfather.
(d) He goes home.

5. What kind of life did the grandfather live?
(a) A tiring life.
(b) A rich life.
(c) An acetic life.
(d) A comfortable life.

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

7. How many days following their introduction do the narrator and Mustafa have dinner?
(a) The next day.
(b) In ten days.
(c) In two days.
(d) In four days.

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

9. What did Mustafa cause to other young women?
(a) Disease.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Love of life.

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

11. Why did Mustafa marry Jean?
(a) Because she wanted children.
(b) Because he wanted her money.
(c) Because he loved her very much.
(d) Because she wanted to get married.

12. How many years did Mustafa stay in his first school before going abroad the first time?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four months.

13. What does the narrator's father do when he has tea with his family again?
(a) He recites verses from the Bible.
(b) He recites verses from the Koran.
(c) He tells a few stories.
(d) He eats cake.

14. What does the narrator hear about Mustafa during the conversation in the train?
(a) That he was the most brilliant student.
(b) That he was a fair student.
(c) That he was a brilliant teacher.
(d) That he killed many women.

15. Who joins the narrator when he is drinking with Mahjoub one day?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Sa'eed.
(c) Mahmoud.
(d) Mustafa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which people occupied the Sudan in the past?

2. Where did the narrator stay during his absence in the village?

3. What does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?

4. What happened to Mustafa during the big flooding?

5. Who told the narrator about Wad's marriage plans?

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