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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 were the occupants of the government car going to do?

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

3. Which war did Mustafa write comments about in the letter to the narrator?

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

5. What is the name of the narrator's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mahjoub tell the narrator about Mustafa?

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

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

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

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

6. What did the narrator do when he approaches the triangular room?

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

8. What was Wad Reyyes' reaction when the narrator told him Hosna's reaction to the idea of marriage?

9. What were all the things that are tangled up, according to the narrator?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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 2

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 3

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?

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