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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 feel towards Mustafa while in the triangular room?

2. What did the narrator think about another fire in the village?

3. How did the narrator describe Mustafa while in the room?

4. What would Hosna not do to Wad for two weeks after the wedding?

5. When did the narrator go see his sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the book end?

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator learn what happened to Hosna and Wad?

8. The narrator never finished his story about Mustafa. How would you end this story?

9. What did the narrator do with the triangular room, after he's finished there?

10. During the car trip, the narrator decided to write somebody. Who did he want to write and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mustafa lives in London, he meets a woman at a party in Chelsea. Describe this episode in Mustafa's life. What do you know about this woman? What is her name? Who is she? What happens to her? How does this influence Mustafa's life? How is this woman related to other women in Mustafa's life? What is the result of this woman's fate for Mustafa?

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

Foreshadowing is used when the narrator visits Mustafa's widow and they talk. What is being said that will influence Hosna's future? Where is the foreshadowing being used? What does foreshadowing mean? Explain this principle with the example about Hosna in the book. Are there other cases of foreshadowing used by the author? If so, give a few more examples.

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