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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 did the narrator do when he's tired of looking over the contents in the triangular room?
(a) He cried.
(b) He departed.
(c) He talked to Mustafa's sons.
(d) He fell asleep.

2. What killed Wad and Hosna?
(a) A knife.
(b) A rope.
(c) Medicines.
(d) A gun.

3. Who met the narrator when he arrived back into the village by steamer?
(a) His friend Mahjoub.
(b) His father.
(c) Mustafa's sons.
(d) His grandfather.

4. What resulted in the death of Hosna, according to the narrator?
(a) Her marriage to Mustafa.
(b) Her relationship with her sons.
(c) Her relationship with the villagers.
(d) Her forced marriage to Wad.

5. Who did a conference delegate praise about to Mahjoub?
(a) Mahjoub.
(b) Himself.
(c) Mustafa Sa'eed.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the person asking for the cigarette been traveling?

2. What did the narrator regret not having done?

3. What was the narrator caught in when he couldn't go any further?

4. What did the narrator regret not telling Hosna?

5. What did the narrator do to the triangular room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are Mustafa's children and what is the narrator's relationship with them?

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

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

5. Mahjoub and the narrator have a short conversation about Khartoum. What did they talk about? What did the narrator not talk about?

6. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

7. How do you know from the book that the Sudan is a hot country?

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

9. Soon after leaving the village, the narrator has to go back. Why?

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

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