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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. Who waits for the narrator each time he arrived back in his childhood village?
(a) His father and his friends.
(b) Just his friends.
(c) Just his father.
(d) His father and other family members.

2. What religion did they talk about at the grandfather's house?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Budhism.

3. Who invited the narrator to lunch as the group left grandfather's house?
(a) Mustafa Sa'eed.
(b) Wad Rayyes.
(c) Bint Mazjoub.
(d) Wad Prayers.

4. What is the house of the narrator's grandfather made of?
(a) Mud.
(b) Brick.
(c) Wood.
(d) Palm leaves.

5. How many siblings does Mustafa have?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Mustafa feel when he grew up?

3. Who did Wad want to marry?

4. Where is Mustafa from?

5. How did Jean Morris end her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the narrator feel about being back in his old village after being gone for seven years?

2. What did Mustafa's school career look like?

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

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

5. What happened to Mustafa when he meets a man on horseback?

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

7. What did you learn about Mustafa's trial in the pages 19-44?

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

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

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

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