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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Hosny Allam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened in Azhar in 1919?
(a) There is a plague that decimates the town.
(b) The Nile floods the town.
(c) The British invade.
(d) There is a terrible earthquake.

2. How does Tolba feel about the new male boarders?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Distrustful.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Interested in their work.

3. What does Sarhan relate?
(a) Endless jokes.
(b) A story about his brother and a prostitute.
(c) A story about the mayor of Sarhan's birth city.
(d) A series of gossip items about a woman who used to work at the Miramar.

4. What business advice does Hosny receive?
(a) To invest in China.
(b) To buy out a foreigner looking to flee Egypt.
(c) To put his money in Cairo, not Alexandria.
(d) To invest in the United States.

5. What does Hosny do one rainy morning with Zohra's teacher?
(a) Drives her to meet her parents at a restaurant.
(b) Drives her to school.
(c) Takes her to Triolan.
(d) Eats breakfast with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hosny relieve tension?

2. What does Hosny order his Maltese madam to do?

3. Who announces Sarhan's murder?

4. What does Zohra begin with a tenant on the fifth floor?

5. What amuses Hosny about a commotion the hall?

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