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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's father do when he has tea with his family again?
(a) He recites verses from the Koran.
(b) He eats cake.
(c) He recites verses from the Bible.
(d) He tells a few stories.

2. What kind of life did the grandfather live?
(a) An acetic life.
(b) A rich life.
(c) A comfortable life.
(d) A tiring life.

3. What does the narrator tell his family about the Europeans?
(a) That they are very different from the people in his village.
(b) That they are much smarter than the people in his village.
(c) That they are just like the people in his village are.
(d) That they have the same customs and traditions.

4. Who did Wad want to marry?
(a) The wife of the narrator.
(b) Bint Mazjoub.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The widow of Mustafa Sa'eed.

5. How many years after Mustafa's death did the narrator go to work at the Department of Education in Khartoum?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Four years.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator and his grandfather feel about seeing each other?

2. What is the name of the narrator's favorite tree?

3. What did the grandfather splurge on?

4. What happened to Mustafa during the big flooding?

5. Who is Sa'eed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Mustafa Sa'eed become an obsession for the narrator?

2. What did the narrator's companion on the train in Khartoum tell him about Mustafa and how did he react to this information?

3. What happened on the train one day, when the narrator works at the Department of Education in Khartoum?

4. What did the narrator learn on the way back to the village by donkey?

5. Which woman did Mustafa meet at a party in Chelsea and what happened to her?

6. How do the narrator and Mustafa first meet and what do they learn about each other?

7. How can you relate the narrator to the Acacia tree?

8. What does Mustafa have to do with the topic of mixed marriages?

9. What is being said about Western women during a conversation at the grandfather's house?

10. How was Mustafa treated during his time in Cairo?

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