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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ahmad say when Amina asks him about Fahmy marrying Maryam?
(a) Says no, but may reconsider.
(b) Angrily dismisses the idea.
(c) Agrees but with doubts.
(d) Agrees wholeheartedly.

2. What title does Ahmad hold at the party he throws in Chapter 16?
(a) The man of the hour.
(b) The man.
(c) The bridegroom.
(d) Leader of the pack.

3. What does Yasin's mother do joyfully when he visits her for the first time in the book?
(a) Yells.
(b) Cries.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Smiles.

4. What is the name of Zubayda's rival in her profession?
(a) Zanuba.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Khadija.
(d) Jalila.

5. For what does Ahmad try to hire the woman who comes to his store after the matchmaker?
(a) As a cook.
(b) As a dancer.
(c) As a singer.
(d) As a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to Ahmad's store and blurts out that he wants his mother to come home?

2. Whose house does Yasin watch in Chapter 39?

3. What is on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?

4. What does Aisha show that she will obey of God and her father in Chapter 38?

5. Who is described as the more beautiful of Amina's daughters?

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