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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. Where did the narrator go the day after he hears about Wad's marriage plans?
(a) To the house of Wad.
(b) To the house of his grandfather.
(c) To the house of his mother.
(d) To the house of Mustafa Sa'eed.

2. Who was the narrator thinking about during his drive away from the village?
(a) Mustafa's boys.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Hosna.
(d) His grandfather.

3. Where did Mrs. Robinson live?
(a) London.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Khartoum.
(d) The Isle of Wight.

4. What did they have planned for the boys since the narrator was in town?
(a) A wedding ceremony.
(b) A circumcision ceremony.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A church ceremony.

5. What were the occupants of the government car going to do?
(a) Arrest a woman who killed her husband.
(b) Go for lunch.
(c) Hide in the shade.
(d) Arrest the narrator and his driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the narrator talk to when Mahmoud and Sa'eed left?

2. What did the narrator do with the candles in the triangular room?

3. How were Hosna and Wad buried?

4. What reason for his visit did the narrator give his mother?

5. What happened to the narrator while he looked around in the triangular room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give your opinion about the book and its two main characters.

2. During the car trip, the narrator decided to write somebody. Who did he want to write and why?

3. Who did the narrator and his driver run into during the car trip and what happens?

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

5. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

6. Describe how the narrator left the village again after his conversations with Hosna and Mahjoub.

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

8. The narrator never finished his story about Mustafa. How would you end this story?

9. What did the narrator tell Hosna about marriage and how did she react to this?

10. What did the narrator do with the triangular room, after he's finished there?

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