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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Mariana evict?
(a) Sarhan.
(b) Hosny.
(c) Aleya.
(d) Mahmoud.

3. Why is Hosny slightly jealous of Zohra?
(a) That her brother cares enough to come get her.
(b) He isn't jealous.
(c) That she is learning to read.
(d) That she has so many admirers.

4. Who is Tolba Marzuq?
(a) Amer's old and best friend.
(b) A fellow lodger.
(c) Amer's former mentor.
(d) Amer's brother.

5. How does Tolba anger Hosny?
(a) By speaking well of Sarhan.
(b) By flirting with Zohra.
(c) By insinuating that Hosny would never have Zohra.
(d) By insinuating that he and Zohra have had sex.

6. What does Zohra begin with a tenant on the fifth floor?
(a) Fighting lessons.
(b) Music lessons.
(c) Art lessons.
(d) Reading lessons.

7. Of what does Hosny become convinced after talking with Mariana about Zohra?
(a) That she is a prostitute.
(b) That she would never marry him.
(c) That she is lying to Mariana.
(d) That she is not a prostitute.

8. What is Hosny doing when Amer checks on noise in the hall?
(a) Singing off key at the top of his voice.
(b) Leading an irate woman away.
(c) Playing a guitar.
(d) Hitting a punch bag.

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

10. About what does Amer ramble?
(a) About his life as a journalist in Paris.
(b) That he knows Umm Kulthum personally.
(c) What a good catch Zohra would be.
(d) His heroic past.

11. Who was Wagdi's late master?
(a) Abu Wadi.
(b) The Pasha
(c) Pecifion.
(d) Zohra.

12. Where is Amer Wagdi's old residence?
(a) The Naval War Vet's Pension.
(b) Shiramara Pension.
(c) Alexander Village.
(d) Alexandria's Miramar Pension.

13. Who owns Wagdi's old residence?
(a) Sir Bedouin.
(b) Mme. Flousey.
(c) Mme. Mariana.
(d) Mme. Coulette.

14. What does he think Mariana is?
(a) A scheming old woman.
(b) An aging madame.
(c) A retired school teacher.
(d) A sweet grandmotherly matron.

15. What news does Mariana bring about Sarhan days after he leaves.
(a) That he was murdered.
(b) That he moved to Syria.
(c) That he joined the Army.
(d) That he married his childhood girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hosny go for a night of alcohol and sex?

2. What does Hosny do one rainy morning with Zohra's teacher?

3. For what is Amer famous?

4. Which boarder is an announcer for Alexandria Broadcasting Service?

5. What does Sarhan relate?

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