View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bayoumi offer Firdaus help in finding?
(a) A place to stay.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A job.

2. How did El Saadawi feel at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Scared.
(d) Drained.

3. Why does the doctor in Chapter 1 want to change Firdaus' sentence?
(a) She escapes.
(b) She has gentle eyes.
(c) She tried to stab him.
(d) She writes a book.

4. Why did Firdaus' uncle laugh when Firdus asked him to take her to El Azhar?
(a) It is too far away.
(b) It is a school for nurses.
(c) It's a school for men.
(d) She is too young.

5. Why did Firdaus complain about Bayoumi?
(a) He beat her.
(b) He did not find her work.
(c) He deprived her of food.
(d) He made her wear pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Firdaus' uncle send her to boarding school?

2. What did Sheikh Mahmoud beat Firdaus with the time she ran to the streets?

3. What does Firdaus say at the start of Chapter 3?

4. How did Firdaus stay warm on the cold nights at her uncles' house?

5. Who did Firdaus meet by the river after escaping Bayoumi?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample