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

2. Where did the narrator want to go when in the water?

3. Why was the land of the narrator condemned?

4. Who met the narrator when he arrived back into the village by steamer?

5. What did the narrator do with the door of the triangular room when leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hosna tell the narrator about Mustafa when he visited her one day?

2. How did the busy day of driving end for the narrator and his driver?

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

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

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

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

7. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

8. What did Mahjoub tell the narrator about Mustafa?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, a lot of people talk about Mustafa to the narrator. Summarize the information the narrator collects about Mustafa. Who does the narrator meet that talks to him about Mustafa? In which circumstances does this happen? What does the narrator learn about Mustafa? What is being said? How does he react to this information? What is said about Mustafa that is contradictory with the narrator's information? Who, of all these people with information, actually met Mustafa in person? Why do you think all these people talk about Mustafa and praise him? How do you think the narrator feels about this?

Essay Topic 2

"Season of Migration to the North" is basically a "story within a story". How can you tell this is the case? Use your own words to explain the story within the story in the book and find a few examples to support your explanation.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator's grandfather plays an important role in the narrator's life. Explain their relationship and use examples from the different chapters. What do you know about the grandfather? Where does he live? How does his house look like? What kind of a person is he? What do he and the narrator talk about? How do you know he is important to the narrator? Relate this importance to the narrator's memories and his experiences when visiting his village.

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