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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 Mustafa do when this influential man appeared?
2. Who was Mustafa's only relative?
3. How wass the grandfather's house built?
4. How did Mustafa feel when he grew up?
5. In what has the narrator earned a doctorate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Mustafa's school career look like?
2. What happened to Mustafa when he meets a man on horseback?
3. How was Mustafa treated during his time in Cairo?
4. What did Mustafa do after he was released from prison?
5. What does the narrator tell you about the steamer that brings him to his old village?
6. How can you tell that the village life seems unchanged to the narrator when he gets back after all those years?
7. What do you know about the legendary flooding of the Nile described in the book?
8. What do you know about Mustafa's family and how did that affect him?
9. How do the narrator and Mustafa first meet and what do they learn about each other?
10. How does the narrator's knowledge of Mustafa conflict with that of his acquaintances from the University of Khartoum?
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
In pages 45-60, an important event is talked about. Describe the event. What do you learn about the river? What's its name? How frequent does an event like this happen? Why is it called legendary? Why is the event important for the plot of the book? How do you relate this event to the character of Mustafa? How do you relate it to the character of the narrator? What do you think happened to Mustafa? Why?
Essay Topic 3
The narrator's grandfather plays an important role in the narrator's life. Explain their relationship and use examples from the different chapters. What do you know about the grandfather? Where does he live? How does his house look like? What kind of a person is he? What do he and the narrator talk about? How do you know he is important to the narrator? Relate this importance to the narrator's memories and his experiences when visiting his village.
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