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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to Firdaus when her name was called at graduation.
(a) She cried.
(b) She froze.
(c) She yelled with excitement.
(d) She ran away.

3. Where did Bayoumi insist Firdaus sleeps in the winter?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The attic.
(c) His bed.
(d) Her own room.

4. What is it impossible for all single women to know?
(a) All the men in magazines.
(b) All the women in magazines.
(c) How to marry.
(d) How to kill.

5. What did Firdaus see at the place her uncle takes her after graduation?
(a) Women dancing.
(b) War.
(c) Murder.
(d) The Eiffel Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?

2. What must be done before Firdaus meets El Saadawi?

3. What did Sheikh Mahmoud do to Firdaus when she threw food away?

4. How did Firdaus feel when she entered her uncle's house for the first time?

5. What instructions does Firdaus give El Saadawi at the start of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when El Saadawi went to her car at the end of Chapter 1?

2. How did Sheikh Mahmoud treat Firdaus?

3. How did Miss Iqbal treat Firdaus after she saw her crying?

4. How did Firdaus cover up her fears as a prostitute?

5. How did Firdaus perform at school? What were here interests?

6. What was Firdaus's relationship with her uncle when she lived with her parents?

7. How did El Saadawi finally meet Firdaus?

8. How was Firdaus unlike the other prisoners?

9. What is Firdaus' initial reaction to El Saadawi's interest in her story?

10. How did Firdaus' mother hurt her and why?

(see the answer keys)

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