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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason for his visit did the narrator give his mother?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) The boys.
(d) Hosna.

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

3. How did the narrator and his driver try to escape the heat of the sun?
(a) By looking for a place in the shade.
(b) By asking around for a good place to hide.
(c) By going back in the car.
(d) By going to a bar.

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

5. How long had the person asking for the cigarette been traveling?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Four hours.

6. What did Hosna do when she thought about Mustafa?
(a) She smiled.
(b) She sobbed.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She made food.

7. Why did the narrator want to contact Mrs. Robinson?
(a) She lived with Mustafa.
(b) She attended Mustafa's trial.
(c) She was Mustafa's best friend.
(d) She was Mustafa's wife.

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

9. Where did the narrator leave for after the ceremony in his village?
(a) Asia.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Khartoum.
(d) Europe.

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

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

12. Who did the narrator talk about the murders with, after visiting his sister?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friend Mahjoub.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator find in the triangular room?

2. Why did the narrator and his driver stop by a government car?

3. Why did the narrator visit his sister?

4. What is the name of the narrator's sister?

5. Where did the two cars go after their occupants met?

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