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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 had the key to Mustafa's special room?
(a) Hosna.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Mustafa's children.
(d) The narrator's friend Mahjoub.

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

3. What will Hosna do if she's forced to marry Wad?
(a) She will kill her kids.
(b) She will kill Wad and herself.
(c) She will forget about Mustafa.
(d) She will be a happy woman.

4. Why did Hosna think Mustafa knew he was going to be gone?
(a) He put his affairs in order.
(b) He told her about it.
(c) He wrote her a letter about it.
(d) He mentioned this to his children.

5. What did the narrator feel like doing when he leaves Mustafa's house?
(a) Everything.
(b) Going back.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Something.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator feel when he's done looking around in the triangular room?

2. How many cigarettes did the narrator give the person who asked for one?

3. Who did a conference delegate praise about to Mahjoub?

4. Why did the narrator visit his sister?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

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

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

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

8. What did the narrator think about the people in the pictures?

9. In pages 134-165, the narrator wonders what has happened to his world. Explain this feeling.

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

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