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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mustafa suffer from?
(a) A chronic disease.
(b) Suicidal thoughts.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Wanderlust.

2. What had instructions about what to do in the event of Mustafa's death?
(a) A postcard.
(b) A testament.
(c) A letter.
(d) A diary.

3. How many siblings does Mustafa have?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. How many different women was Mustafa living with simultaneously when he was with Jean?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. How often did the steamer come to the narrator's childhood village?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Twice a month.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a day.

6. Who joins the narrator when he is drinking with Mahjoub one day?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Mahmoud.
(c) Sa'eed.
(d) Mustafa.

7. Where did Mustafa meet Jean Morris?
(a) In Dublin.
(b) In Chelsea.
(c) In Cairo.
(d) In Khartoum.

8. What did the villagers begin to build at one point?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A supermarket.
(c) An army.
(d) A school.

9. How did Mustafa feel when he grew up?
(a) Tired.
(b) Scared.
(c) Sad.
(d) Free.

10. Who did Wad want to marry?
(a) Bint Mazjoub.
(b) The widow of Mustafa Sa'eed.
(c) The wife of the narrator.
(d) The narrator's mother.

11. What is the name of the narrator's favorite tree?
(a) Boabab.
(b) Acacia.
(c) Bonsai.
(d) Oak.

12. When did Mustafa travel around Europe, the Orient and India?
(a) After he finished school.
(b) After he killed one of his wives.
(c) After he lost his mother.
(d) After he was released from prison.

13. What is stored in the strange triangular room of Mustafa's house?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Papers and diaries.
(c) A key and a message.
(d) A testament.

14. How did an influential man once appear before Mustafa?
(a) In a car.
(b) On a bike.
(c) On a mule.
(d) On horseback.

15. Which people occupied the Sudan in the past?
(a) The English.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The French.
(d) The Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator stay during his absence in the village?

2. What does the narrator's sister think about Western women?

3. What did this influential man do to Mustafa?

4. Who did the villagers blame for not getting the project they worked on finished?

5. Who was Mustafa's only relative?

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