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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mustafa decide to stay in the village after leaving the place he was from?
(a) Because he meets the narrator.
(b) Because he likes it.
(c) Because he gets offered a job.
(d) Because he falls in love with a woman.

2. What did Mustafa do as the first Sudanese?
(a) Marry a French woman.
(b) Marry an English woman.
(c) Marry only one woman at a time.
(d) Marry an Egyptian woman.

3. Who waits for the narrator each time he arrived back in his childhood village?
(a) His father and his friends.
(b) Just his father.
(c) His father and other family members.
(d) Just his friends.

4. Who was the public prosecutor at Mustafa's trial?
(a) One of his teachers at Cairo.
(b) One of his friends from Cairo.
(c) One of his friends from Oxford.
(d) One of his teachers at Oxford.

5. What was the name of the college Mustafa went to in the Sudan?
(a) Graham Collage.
(b) Oxford Collage.
(c) Khartoum Collage.
(d) Gordon Collage.

6. What is Mustafa's last name?
(a) Kassioui.
(b) Mubarak.
(c) Sa'eed.
(d) Sa'aad.

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

8. Who does the narrator remember when he sees his favorite tree?
(a) His brother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His best friend.

9. What does the narrator say about Western women?
(a) That he doesn't know about them.
(b) That he knows all about them
(c) That they are smart.
(d) That they are attractive.

10. What does the narrator's sister think about Western women?
(a) That they are not as attractive as their tribal women.
(b) That they are not as knowledgeable as their tribal women.
(c) That they are not as healthy as their tribal women.
(d) That they are not as stupid as their tribal women.

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

12. Which gift does Mustafa bring the narrator when he visits his house?
(a) Melons and bananas.
(b) Bananas and oranges.
(c) Papayas and mangos.
(d) Melons and oranges.

13. What does the narrator invite Mustafa to after their introduction?
(a) To juice.
(b) To coffee.
(c) To cookies.
(d) To tea.

14. Who did Bint Mazjoub tell stories of?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her siblings.
(d) Her husbands.

15. Who invited the narrator to lunch as the group left grandfather's house?
(a) Wad Prayers.
(b) Bint Mazjoub.
(c) Wad Rayyes.
(d) Mustafa Sa'eed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Mustafa marry Jean?

3. What did the narrator miss most during his absence in the village?

4. What is stored in the strange triangular room of Mustafa's house?

5. What is the name of the river that runs through the village?

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