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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 happened to the narrator while he looked around in the triangular room?
(a) Many thoughts went through his head.
(b) He felt hungry.
(c) He wanted to leave.
(d) No thoughts went through his head.

2. Who did the narrator think about as he reads about Jean Morris?
(a) Majhoub.
(b) His mother.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Hosna.

3. What did Mustafa have in Khartoum?
(a) A fancy car.
(b) Another child.
(c) A testament.
(d) A business.

4. When did the narrator go see his sister?
(a) On the fourth day of his visit.
(b) On the first day of his visit.
(c) On the second day of his visit.
(d) On the third day of his visit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator and his driver try to escape the heat of the sun?

2. What did Mustafa do in his sleep?

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

4. What did the narrator decide to do when he gets caught in something?

5. What kinds of things did people in the narrator's village normally not do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the book end?

2. How did the busy day of driving end for the narrator and his driver?

3. What does Hosna tell the narrator about Mustafa when he visited her one day?

4. What happened when the narrator and his friend Mahjoub talk about the murders?

5. What was Wad Reyyes' reaction when the narrator told him Hosna's reaction to the idea of marriage?

6. What did the narrator find in the triangular room and what did he do while in there?

7. What did Mahjoub tell the narrator about Mustafa?

8. What were the narrator and Mahjoub talking about when they were in a drunken state before he leaves the village?

9. How does the narrator relate Jean Morris to Hosna?

10. How does the narrator learn what happened to Hosna and Wad?

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