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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kirsha poor?
(a) Mrs. Kirsha takes all his money.
(b) Kirsha's cafe does not make a profit.
(c) Kirsha's money goes to support Hussain Kirsha's lifestyle.
(d) Kirsha squanders his money.

2. What does Zaita say is the most precious deformity a beggar can have?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Amputations.
(c) Deafness
(d) Blindness.

3. How many children does Salim Alwan have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

4. Where does Sheik Darwish live?
(a) He rents a room fro Kirsha.
(b) He is homeless.
(c) He lives in the cafe.
(d) He rents a room from Radwan Hussainy.

5. What bad habits does Kirsha have?
(a) Tobacco and lying.
(b) Coffee and tobacco.
(c) Alcohol and hashish.
(d) Hashish and relations with boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kirsha openly invite the boy to the cafe in front of everyone?

2. What does Abbas say that falling in love has done for him?

3. What keeps Hamida from encouraging Salim Alwan?

4. When does Zaita begin work?

5. Why was Zaita happy as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbas believe that Hamida feels the same attraction for him that he feels for her?

2. Why does Radwan Hussainy tell Salim Alwan that he is better off with his sickness than others are with their health?

3. Why does Dr. Booshy suffer when he goes with Zaita to rob graves?

4. What does Radwan Hussainy promise Abbas will happen if he returns to work and forgets about Hamida?

5. Why has Salim Alwan decided to take a second wife?

6. What does Hamida mean when she quotes the saying to her foster mother, "It's always the carpenter's door that's falling apart?"

7. How does Hamida feel when Ibrahim Faraj begins to woo her?

8. What does Radwan Hussainy say can defeat all of life's tragedies?

9. What does Hamida hope when the handsome stranger first talks to her - a hope that is the exact opposite of what she says?

10. Why does the news about Dr. Booshy and Zaita being caught robbing graves affect Mrs. Afify?

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