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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 want to go when in the water?
(a) To Europe.
(b) The Northern shore.
(c) The Southern shore.
(d) Nowhere.

2. How did the narrator and his driver try to escape the heat of the sun?
(a) By going back in the car.
(b) By looking for a place in the shade.
(c) By going to a bar.
(d) By asking around for a good place to hide.

3. Who asked for a cigarette when the narrator and his driver are out in the hot sun?
(a) A tourist.
(b) A Bedouin.
(c) A European.
(d) A monk.

4. Why did the narrator feel he lost the war?
(a) Because he acted in a correct way.
(b) Because he killed a few people.
(c) Because he didn't act when he could have.
(d) Because the enemy was stronger.

5. What did the narrator do with the door of the courtyard when leaving?
(a) He locked it.
(b) He replaced it.
(c) He painted it.
(d) He destroyed it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will Hosna do if she's forced to marry Wad?

3. What was written in a notebook the narrator found in the triangular room?

4. How did the narrator feel about Hosna?

5. What did the narrator decide to do with Mrs. Robinson?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who met the narrator when he arrives by steamer, not too long after he had left, and what do they talk about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Mahjoub tell the narrator about Mustafa?

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