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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. Where did Mustafa's car stop for servicing?

2. Why did Hosna think Mustafa knew he was going to be gone?

3. Why did the narrator go back to the village after leaving by car?

4. How did the narrator and his driver try to escape the heat of the sun?

5. What did the narrator feel towards the women in the pictures?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

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

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

8. What did Mahjoub tell the narrator about Mustafa?

9. What did the narrator do with Mustafa and Hosna?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mustafa was a child, a man on horseback appeared. How does this event change Mustafa's life? How did he react to this man? What were the consequences? How did this man influence Mustafa? How was Mustafa different from the other children? Describe the meeting between the man on the horse and Mustafa and relate it to Mustafa's further childhood and adulthood.

Essay Topic 2

Mustafa's widow and the narrator have a complicated relationship. How would you describe their relationship? Why is it complicated? Why are the complicated issues not resolved? How does this relation influence the life of both characters? How would you resolve a similar situation?

Essay Topic 3

Mustafa suffered from wanderlust. How is this portrayed in the book? What does Mustafa do to fulfill this wanderlust? Where does he go? Why? What does he do there? Where does he finally end up? Is this the end of his wanderlust? Why do you think that? How is his wanderlust related to his disappearance? Compare or contrast Mustafa's wanderlust with what he wants for his sons. Use supporting evidence from the book. Relate this wanderlust to the narrator's perception of what happened to Mustafa.

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