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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the narrator thinking about during his drive away from the village?
(a) Mustafa's boys.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) Hosna.

2. Where did Mrs. Robinson live?
(a) Khartoum.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) The Isle of Wight.
(d) London.

3. What did the narrator wonder after hearing about the tragedy in his village?
(a) He wondered whether he should stay.
(b) He wondered whether to take Mustafa's boys with him.
(c) He wondered what has happened to his world.
(d) He wondered why it is so hot.

4. How did the narrator feel about Hosna?
(a) He was in love with her.
(b) He hated her.
(c) He didn't particularly like her.
(d) He liked her as a friend.

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

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

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

8. Who tried to prevent the tragedy at Wad's house?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Mahjoub.
(d) The neighbors.

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

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

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

12. What kinds of things did people in the narrator's village normally not do?
(a) Murder somebody.
(b) Help somebody.
(c) Marry somebody.
(d) Laugh at somebody.

13. What was written in a notebook the narrator found in the triangular room?
(a) Mustafa's life story.
(b) Mustafa's dreams.
(c) Mustafa's love story.
(d) Mustafa's finances.

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

15. How many cigarettes did the narrator give the person who asked for one?
(a) The whole pack.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator feel he lost the war?

2. What did the narrator and his friend Mahjoub banter about being in Mustafa's special room?

3. Who did a conference delegate praise about to Mahjoub?

4. Who was the narrator thinking about during his ghastly journey to the village?

5. What did Mustafa do in his sleep?

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