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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What paperwork does Firdaus refuse to sign in Chapter 1?
(a) Bail papers.
(b) Adoption papers.
(c) Divorce papers.
(d) Appeals.

2. How did Miss Iqbal treat Firdaus after the night she saw her crying?
(a) Kindly.
(b) Like the other students.
(c) With anger.
(d) She received special privileges.

3. Who did Firdaus hope to see at the playground the night of her graduation?
(a) Miss Iqbal.
(b) Wafeya.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

4. What did Firdaus' father teach her to do that replaces her mother's job?
(a) Bake bread.
(b) Go to the field.
(c) Wash his legs.
(d) Count money.

5. Why did Firdaus go to jail?
(a) Killing a woman.
(b) Stealing a loaf of bread.
(c) Killing her child.
(d) Killing a man.

6. What does Firdaus do to the pictures of men in magazines?
(a) Spits on them.
(b) Draws on them.
(c) Rips them to pieces.
(d) Kisses them.

7. What did Sheikh Mahmoud beat Firdaus with the time she ran to the streets?
(a) A stick.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A pillow.
(d) His fist.

8. Who did Firdaus hear her uncle thanking for the marriage arrangement in Chapter 2?
(a) Sheikh Mahmoud.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Allah.
(d) Her father.

9. Where did Firdaus' uncle take her after she graduated?
(a) The theater.
(b) Paris.
(c) A concert.
(d) The movies.

10. What job did El Saadawi hold in 1972?
(a) Director of Health Education.
(b) Director of General Hospital.
(c) Teacher.
(d) CEO of MAIN.

11. How did Firdaus hide her fears?
(a) She does not speak.
(b) Under makeup.
(c) Split personalities.
(d) Comedy.

12. In Chapter 2, what did Firdaus promise her cousin?
(a) She would return.
(b) To be her bridesmaid.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To lend her a dress.

13. In what year was Firdaus executed?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1976.
(d) 2002.

14. What does the Warden tell El Saadawi in Chapter 1, when she tries to see Firdaus?
(a) Firdaus has some papers for her.
(b) Firdaus is already dead.
(c) She does not want to see her.
(d) The prison does not like journalists.

15. Whose house does Firdaus run to when she becomes afraid of Sheikh Mahmoud?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Firdaus give her cousin in while she was packing in Chapter 2?

2. What is El Saadawi's impression of prison?

3. Where did El Saadawi meet the person which inspires the story?

4. How does El Saadawi's contact get access for the author in the prison?

5. Where did Firdaus' uncle obtain a position in Chapter 2?

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