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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 regret not having done?

2. Who did the narrator think about as he reads about Jean Morris?

3. Who are Mahmoud and Sa'eed?

4. In what kind of condition were the narrator and his friend Mahjoub in when they talked about Mustafa?

5. What did Mustafa have in Khartoum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Soon after leaving the village, the narrator has to go back. Why?

7. What were the narrator and Mahjoub talking about when they were in a drunken state before he leaves the village?

8. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

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

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 the narrator returns to his Sudanese village, after an absence of seven years, everybody is happy about this event. How do you know this? How is the narrator's happiness to be back in the village expressed in the book? How do you know his family and friends are happy he is back? Describe their actions and feelings. Use evidence from the book. Give a few other examples of how happiness can be expressed in literature.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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