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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the matchmaker that visits Ahmad's store in Chapter 14?
(a) Umm Hanafi.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Umm Ali.
(d) Umm Maryam.

2. Who accompanies Amina to a mosque in Chapter 27?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Khadija.

3. What is on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?
(a) Beer.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Women.

4. Who has been standing at her bedroom window for months yearning for a young police officer that walks by?
(a) Haniya.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Amina.

5. Of what are Yasin and Fahmy afraid that Ahmad is mad at them for in Chapter 30?
(a) For drinking the night before.
(b) For allowing Amina to leave the house.
(c) For getting engaged.
(d) For lying to him.

6. What is the name of the haughty and flirtatious woman who comes to Ahmad's store after the matchmaker?
(a) Zubayda.
(b) Zanuba.
(c) Amina.
(d) Maryam.

7. Who is sent by Fahmy on a nighttime mission to Maryam's?
(a) Haniya.
(b) Kamal.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Amina.

8. What does Yasin reject regarding his mother's justification about her life?
(a) That she was innocent.
(b) That she was uneducated.
(c) That she was poor.
(d) That she was unlucky.

9. Who suggests that Amina tell Ahmad that she fell down the stairs to explain her broken bone?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Aisha.

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

11. What does Khadija demand a confession of from Aisha in addition to never watching the policeman again?
(a) Wrong.
(b) Thievery.
(c) Murder.
(d) Treachery.

12. Where does Chapter 7 take place?
(a) Ezbekiya Garden.
(b) Ahmad's home.
(c) New Street.
(d) Ahmad's store.

13. What profession is the man that Yasin has learned his mother will marry in Chapter 17?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A servant.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A baker.

14. Who does Amina tell Fahmy will be the one they have a hard time getting to agree on his marriage to Maryam?
(a) Iffat.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Ahmad.
(d) Umm Maryam.

15. Who is described as "story hungry" in Chapter 9?
(a) Haniya.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Fahmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has Amina been married to her husband?

2. What does Kamal review daily with Amina that makes him keep her there as long as possible?

3. What kind of worker was the man that wooed Yasin's mother and ruined his childhood?

4. What is Yasin's mother's name?

5. What is the mock profession Ahmad's friends put on before leaving him in Chapter 16?

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