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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 old is Mahmoud?

2. Where did the two cars go after their occupants met?

3. Who had the key to Mustafa's special room?

4. How did the narrator feel about Hosna?

5. Why did the narrator visit his sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the narrator tell Hosna about marriage and how did she react to this?

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

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

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

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

9. How does the book end?

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

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

On pages 105-115, the narrator and his driver make a car trip back to Khartoum. Describe this trip. Through the trip, what do you learn about the Sudan? What decisions does the narrator make on this trip? Are the events important for the plot of the book? Why or why not? Why do you think the author wrote this chapter in 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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