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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 did the narrator feel about Hosna?

2. What did the narrator feel like doing when he leaves Mustafa's house?

3. How does the narrator finish the story of Mustafa?

4. What did the narrator do to the triangular room?

5. What did the narrator feel, realizing his world turned upside down?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Mahjoub tell the narrator about Mustafa?

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

5. What happened when the narrator and his friend Mahjoub talk about the murders?

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

7. What do you know about the character Mahjoub?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mustafa suffered from wanderlust. How is this portrayed in the book? What does Mustafa do to fulfill this wanderlust? Where does he go? Why? What does he do there? Where does he finally end up? Is this the end of his wanderlust? Why do you think that? How is his wanderlust related to his disappearance? Compare or contrast Mustafa's wanderlust with what he wants for his sons. Use supporting evidence from the book. Relate this wanderlust to the narrator's perception of what happened to Mustafa.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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