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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color hair does Aisha have?
2. What does Amina feel transformed into when entering a mosque?
3. Who are quarreling when Amina tells them she is leaving the house?
4. How does Amina react when Fahmy asks her to arrange his marriage to Maryam?
5. What is Amina's husband's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of Yasin's complaints about his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?
2. How are the three visitors that come to Ahmad's home described?
3. How does Ahmad react to Shaykh Mutawalli's claim that he is an adulterer in Chapter 7?
4. How is Yasin's meeting with his mother described in Chapter 18?
5. What happens when Amina confesses leaving the house to visit the al-Husayn shrine to Ahmad?
6. What happens to Amina after her broken collarbone has healed?
7. What is Kamal doing after leaving school in Chapter 8?
8. How does Ahmad react to Fahmy's request to marry Maryam?
9. How does Yasin prowl for women in Chapter 12?
10. What does Amina help her husband with when he comes home drunk at midnight every night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Early in the book, it becomes clear that there is a pointed difference in the way the men and women of Ahmad's family are treated.
Part 1.) What can we learn about the difference between men and women in Ahmad's household based on the morning rituals of each in his house?
Part 2.) What is telling about the time period of the book based on the treatment of men and women in the book?
Part 3.) What can we learn about the nature of Ahmad's character based on his treatment of men and women in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the author's portrayal of domesticity in the female characters of Ahmad's household. What is telling of the changes in culture based on Amina and Khadija's differing views on domesticity?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the characters of Yasin and Ahmad. What parallels are present between these two characters and what is significant about these?
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