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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who asked for a cigarette when the narrator and his driver are out in the hot sun?
(a) A monk.
(b) A tourist.
(c) A Bedouin.
(d) A European.

3. Why did the narrator visit his sister?
(a) To get a letter from Hosna.
(b) Because he loves her.
(c) To avoid an argument.
(d) To get information about the murders.

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

5. What did the narrator find in the triangular room?
(a) Several weapons.
(b) Gold and jewels.
(c) Medals and pictures.
(d) Books and pictures.

6. In what kind of condition were the narrator and his friend Mahjoub in when they talked about Mustafa?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Drunken.
(c) Sad.
(d) Tired.

7. How old is Sa'eed?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

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

9. What did the narrator regret not having done?
(a) Taking the boys.
(b) Marrying Hosna.
(c) Talking to his grandfather.
(d) Going in Mustafa's special room.

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

11. How long ago did he leave the village the last time?
(a) 28 days.
(b) 32 days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One month.

12. Where did the narrator go to after leaving Mustafa's house?
(a) The river.
(b) The pond.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The swimming pool.

13. What happened to the narrator while he looked around in the triangular room?
(a) He wanted to leave.
(b) No thoughts went through his head.
(c) Many thoughts went through his head.
(d) He felt hungry.

14. Who are Mahmoud and Sa'eed?
(a) The narrator's nephews.
(b) Mustafa's children.
(c) The narrator's children.
(d) Wad's children.

15. What did the narrator decide to do with Mrs. Robinson?
(a) Call her.
(b) Write her.
(c) Fax her.
(d) Visit her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator leave the triangular room?

2. How far did the narrator get before he couldn't go any further?

3. What kinds of things did people in the narrator's village normally not do?

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

5. What was the narrator caught in when he couldn't go any further?

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