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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the narrator go see his sister?
(a) On the third day of his visit.
(b) On the fourth day of his visit.
(c) On the second day of his visit.
(d) On the first day of his visit.

2. What did the narrator do to the triangular room?
(a) He painted it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He burned it.
(d) He destroyed it.

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

4. What was the narrator caught in when he couldn't go any further?
(a) His chair.
(b) An accident.
(c) A net.
(d) The current.

5. What did the narrator feel, realizing his world turned upside down?
(a) Violence.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Love.
(d) Hatred.

6. What did the narrator do with the door of the triangular room when leaving?
(a) He locked it.
(b) He replaced it.
(c) He destroyed it.
(d) He painted it.

7. What will Hosna do if she's forced to marry Wad?
(a) She will kill her kids.
(b) She will be a happy woman.
(c) She will kill Wad and herself.
(d) She will forget about Mustafa.

8. How did the narrator try to get help when caught in something at the end of the book?
(a) He sounded a horn.
(b) He wrote a letter.
(c) He whistled.
(d) He called out.

9. Why could Mahjoub not question the conference delegate?
(a) Because it was inappropriate.
(b) Because he disappeared.
(c) Because it was too hot.
(d) Because he didn't want to talk anymore.

10. What did the narrator regret not telling Hosna?
(a) How he felt about her.
(b) How he felt about Mustafa's boys.
(c) How to get into the triangular room.
(d) How she should leave the village.

11. Why did Hosna think Mustafa knew he was going to be gone?
(a) He mentioned this to his children.
(b) He put his affairs in order.
(c) He told her about it.
(d) He wrote her a letter about it.

12. How did the narrator try to get to where he wants to go at the end of the book?
(a) He took the plane.
(b) He walked.
(c) He drove.
(d) He swam.

13. What did Mustafa do in his sleep?
(a) He mumbled.
(b) He sleep walked.
(c) He sang.
(d) He cursed.

14. Where did the narrator want to go when in the water?
(a) To Europe.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) The Northern shore.
(d) The Southern shore.

15. Where did Mustafa's car stop for servicing?
(a) At a fuel station.
(b) At an oasis.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) At a bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator tell his friend Mahjoub about in Khartoum?

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

3. Who did the narrator talk to when Mahmoud and Sa'eed left?

4. How many cigarettes did the narrator give the person who asked for one?

5. How did the narrator enter the triangular room?

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