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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator feel like doing when he leaves Mustafa's house?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Going back.
(d) Something.

2. Why did the narrator go back to the village after leaving by car?
(a) Because he received an email.
(b) Because he received a phone call.
(c) Because somebody told him to in a visit.
(d) Because he received a cable.

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

4. What did the narrator feel towards the women in the pictures?
(a) He felt that he has come to know them.
(b) He felt why they loved Mustafa.
(c) He felt in love with them.
(d) He felt sorry for all of them.

5. Who did the narrator talk to when Mahmoud and Sa'eed left?
(a) To Mustafa's widow.
(b) To Mustafa.
(c) To Wad.
(d) To his grandfather.

6. What did the narrator wonder about the women he saw pictures of?
(a) Why they loved Mustafa.
(b) Why they have their pictures in this room.
(c) Why they are so pretty.
(d) Why they committed suicide.

7. What did the narrator decide to do when he gets caught in something?
(a) To eat.
(b) To think.
(c) To live.
(d) To die.

8. Where did the two cars go after their occupants met?
(a) No where.
(b) The same way.
(c) Seperate ways.
(d) To Europe.

9. How were Hosna and Wad buried?
(a) Slowly with lots of greetings.
(b) With a nice funeral.
(c) With a busy ceremony.
(d) Quickly and without a funeral.

10. What would Hosna not do to Wad for two weeks after the wedding?
(a) Write.
(b) Talk.
(c) Cook dinner.
(d) Smile.

11. What kind of a person was Mustafa towards Hosna?
(a) Good and generous.
(b) Violent and unforgiving.
(c) Loving and faithful.
(d) Awful and rude.

12. How was the weather when the narrator drove out of his village?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Cold.
(c) Hot.
(d) Warm.

13. Who met the narrator when he arrived back into the village by steamer?
(a) His friend Mahjoub.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) Mustafa's sons.
(d) His father.

14. Who was the narrator thinking about during his ghastly journey to the village?
(a) Hosna.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) The boys.
(d) His friend Mahjoub.

15. To which school did the narrator and his friend Mahjoub go together?
(a) High School.
(b) Elementary School.
(c) University.
(d) Middle School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason for his visit did the narrator give his mother?

2. How long ago did he leave the village the last time?

3. How old is Sa'eed?

4. Why could Mahjoub not question the conference delegate?

5. In what kind of condition were the narrator and his friend Mahjoub in when they talked about Mustafa?

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