Season of Migration to the North Quizzes

Season of Migration to the North Quiz 1

By Abigail Lind · Edited by Bella Wang · Last reviewed May 31, 2011

1 Where was the narrator's favorite place to play as a child?

His family's I[diwan] (reception room)

The acacia tree by the Nile

The village square

His grandfather's house
2 How long did the narrator study in England?

Two years

One semester

Seven years

Four years
3 What kind of fruit does Mustafa bring when he introduces himself to the narrator?

Berries

Watermelon and oranges

Peaches and pears

Apples and bananas
4 After finding out that the narrator has a doctorate in English poetry, Mustafa remarks that a more practical discipline would be more useful to the country. Which of these subjects does he NOT suggest as a better choice for the narrator?

Diplomacy

Agriculture

Medicine

Engineering
5 What famous anti-war poem does Mustafa Sa'eed recite that arouses the narrator's suspicion?

"Antwerp" by Ford Madox Hueffer

"MCMXIV" by Philip Larkin

"How to Die" by Siegfried Sassoon

"Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen
6 On what condition does Mustafa Sa'eed promise to tell the narrator his life story?

Total secrecy

The narrator's fortune

That the narrator will not tell Hosna

That the narrator will be his executor when he dies
7 Where was Mustafa Sa'eed born?

Khartoum

Wad Hamid

Cairo

London
8 When the narrator first returns from England, what does Mahjoub ask him?

What Europeans do when it snows in the winter

If it's true that the British live in sin without getting married

Whether British women are circumcised

Whether there are farmers in Europe
9 When the narrator was homesick while studying in England, whom did he dream of?

Bint Majzoub

Hosna bint Mahmoud

His grandfather

His father
10 Who is the president of the Agricultural Project Committee?

The narrator's father

The narrator

Mustafa Sa'eed

Mahmoud
11 Why does Mustafa Sa'eed want to go to school as a boy?

Because he wants to study abroad

Because he likes the hat of the social worker who is enrolling children in school

Because he is in love with the social worker who is enrolling children in school

He wants to make money to support his mother
12 After enrolling in school, how long does it take Mustafa to learn to write?

One week

Three months

Two weeks

One year
13 When describing his time in school, Mustafa repeatedly compares his mind to what object?

A mirror

A sharp knife

The thirsty Sahara

A shiny razor
14 How old is Mustafa when he goes to high school in Cairo?

Eight

Fourteen

Twelve

Fifteen
15 What is the name of the headmaster of Mustafa's elementary school?

Mr. Robinson

Mr. Stockwell

Professor Maxwell Foster-Keen

Mahmoud Effendi
16 Fill in the blank of this repeated refrain: "And the train carried me to Victoria Station and to the world of _____________."

Oxford

women

Jean Morris

Ann Hammond
17 How does Mustafa meet Jean Morris?

Through a classified ad

At a book signing

At a party

At a lecture
18 What pseudonym does Mustafa use with Isabella Seymour?

Ismail Nadir

Abdul Asad

Wazir Miyaz

Amin Hassan
19 In Chapter 1, Mustafa says to the narrator, "Your grandfather knows the secret." What is the secret?

That a loving marriage is the key to a happy life.

That simplicity is the key to a happy life.

Where the key to Mustafa's private room is.

That faith in God is the key to a happy life.
20 Which of Mustafa's lovers is married when they have their affair?

Ann Hammond

Sheila Greenwood

Isabella Seymour

Jean Morris
21 When they cannot find Mustafa Sa'eed's body after the flood, what do the villagers assume happened to him?

He is hiding in the village

He ran off with Bint Majzoub

He was eaten by crocodiles

He killed himself
22 What was Mustafa Sa'eed's nickname in elementary school?

Four-Eyes

The black Englishman

The police-in-training

The brilliant beggar
23 What is the Mamur's main complaint about the British rule of Sudan?

That the British forced the local population into slave labor

That the best government jobs were given to "nobodies"

That the civil servants were all corrupt

That the education system was inefficient
24 Before working for the government, which subject did the narrator teach in secondary schools?

Writing

Modern Arabic poetry

English poetry

Pre-Islamic poetry
25 What accusation does Richard make about Mustafa's academic work?

That he wrote badly

That he fudged his statistics

That he cherry-picked his sources

That he plagiarized it

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