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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. How many different women was Mustafa living with simultaneously when he was with Jean?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

2. What is the name of the river that runs through the village?
(a) Donau.
(b) Amazon.
(c) Nile.
(d) Schelde.

3. What is the name of the narrator's favorite tree?
(a) Boabab.
(b) Oak.
(c) Bonsai.
(d) Acacia.

4. What did this influential man do to Mustafa?
(a) He took him to school.
(b) He gave him a gift.
(c) He offered him tea.
(d) He beat him.

5. Who is the narrator guardian of?
(a) Mustafa's wife.
(b) Wad's sister.
(c) Wad's children.
(d) Mustafa's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do when he hears the story about Mustafa in the train?

2. Who does the narrator visit a month after the conversation on the train?

3. How did Jean Morris end her life?

4. Where did Mustafa go to school when he had to go abroad for the first time?

5. What is Mustafa's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How can you tell that the village life seems unchanged to the narrator when he gets back after all those years?

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

4. What do you know about the narrator's grandfather as a person?

5. What does the narrator tell his family about the Europeans?

6. What do you know about Mustafa's family and how did that affect him?

7. How does the narrator's knowledge of Mustafa conflict with that of his acquaintances from the University of Khartoum?

8. What was left for the narrator after Mustafa disappears?

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

10. What did grandfather tell the narrator about Wad Rayyes?

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