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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 killed Wad and Hosna?

2. What did they have planned for the boys since the narrator was in town?

3. Why did the narrator feel he lost the war?

4. What did the narrator regret not having done?

5. What was the narrator being told by the person who picks him up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What had happened to Hosna and Wad while the narrator was away from the village?

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

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

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

7. Mahjoub and the narrator have a short conversation about Khartoum. What did they talk about? What did the narrator not talk about?

8. Give your opinion about the book and its two main characters.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

An important meeting takes place in the beginning of the book. During the narrator's absence in the village, a stranger by the name of Mustafa has arrived and settled. Describe how the narrator and Mustafa first meet. How do they get to know each other? How does their relationship evolve? Why is this evolving relationship important for the plot 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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