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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 is Amer's concern about Zohra?
(a) That she won't catch on quickly enough to her duties.
(b) That she may be pregnant.
(c) That she is ill.
(d) That her family may try to take her home.

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

3. What does Hosny learn about Zohra at breakfast?
(a) That her brother is coming for her that day.
(b) That she is leaving the Miramar.
(c) That her fiance from whom she was fleeing has found her.
(d) Of Zohra's intention to learn to read.

4. What is Marzug to Mariana?
(a) Her landlord.
(b) Her brother.
(c) A former lover.
(d) Her brother-in-law.

5. Who has a monthly radio concert?
(a) Umm Kuthum.
(b) Sarhan al-Beheiry.
(c) Hosny Allam.
(d) Mansour Bahy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Sarhan and a drunken Hosny fighting?

2. How does Tolba feel about the new male boarders?

3. Who announces Sarhan's murder?

4. What does Hosny do as he speeds through the city?

5. What does Amer wish to trust again?

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