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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Mustafa presented at his trial?

2. How old is the strange man in the village the narrator is curious about?

3. Who waits for the narrator each time he arrived back in his childhood village?

4. What did this influential man do to Mustafa?

5. Who joins the narrator when he is drinking with Mahjoub one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did grandfather tell the narrator about Wad Rayyes?

2. Does Mustafa Sa'eed become an obsession for the narrator?

3. How did the narrator feel about being back in his old village after being gone for seven years?

4. What do you know about Mustafa's family and how did that affect him?

5. What does Mustafa have to do with the topic of mixed marriages?

6. How can you relate the narrator to the Acacia tree?

7. Which woman did Mustafa meet at a party in Chelsea and what happened to her?

8. What did Mustafa do after he was released from prison?

9. What is being said about Western women during a conversation at the grandfather's house?

10. What did Mustafa want for his sons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout "Season of Migration to the North", Europe and the Europeans come up in a lot of conversations. What is being said in the book about Europe? What is the villagers' idea about Europeans? Differentiate what the different characters think or say about Europeans. What is the narrator's response to everybody's thoughts about Europe? What is his experience about Europeans? How does all the information about Europeans in the book relate to your opinions or thoughts about Europe? How would the book have been different if the narrator had not lived in Europe?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator does not finish the story of Mustafa Sa'eed. Why not? What is your interpretation? Were there indications throughout the book that Mustafa's story would not get finished? If so, give examples. How does the narrator's own story finish? What are your thoughts about the ending of the book?

Essay Topic 3

An important part in "Season of Migration to the North" is the difference between the Western and the African culture. While reading, you learn a lot about the African culture. Give a few examples from the book about African life. Think about the narrator's arrival and stay in the village to describe tribal life. How does the African culture differ from the American culture? Compare and contrast African and American life.

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