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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna happily reveal in Chapter 24?
(a) Sharif has received a promotion.
(b) She is going to London.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has completed her work.

2. What does Professor Yusuf claim brings meaning to life?
(a) Love.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Faith.
(d) Children.

3. Who is Hasna?
(a) Sharif's first wife.
(b) An Egyptian police officer symapthetic to the British.
(c) Isabel's new daughter.
(d) The maid given to Anna by Zeinab.

4. How does Amal compare Americans to Britons in Chapter 7?
(a) Both cultures refuse to adapt to new languages.
(b) Both cultures want things done their way.
(c) Both cultures are too quick to embrace change.
(d) Both cultures are lazy.

5. What talent makes Omar famous?
(a) Dance.
(b) Music.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puzzles Amal about Isabel's experience at the shrine?

2. What English custom does Anna teach Nur?

3. Which character has nominal rule over Egypt in Chapter 6?

4. What does Mu'allaqah mean?

5. Which Egyptian god did King Akhen Atun and Queen Nefertiti want to worship?

(see the answer key)

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