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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 the people who come into the room in Chapter 3 tell Firdaus?
(a) Her appeal is overturned.
(b) Her mother died.
(c) She is free to go.
(d) Her time is up.

2. Who did Firdaus search for after learning of the engagement?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Ibrahim.
(c) Her co-worker.
(d) Her husband.

3. What did Firdaus feel when she spent the night with the men Sharifa Salah el Dine brought to her?
(a) Giddy.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pain.

4. Why did Firdaus' prices increase?
(a) She did not want to be a prostitute.
(b) She moved to a wealthy area.
(c) She denied men.
(d) She accepted everyone.

5. Why did El Saadawi step on the break quickly at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) She was brave.
(b) She was tired.
(c) She had no courage.
(d) She forgot which was the gas pedal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Firdaus realize at the restaurant while she ate?

2. What did Sharifa Salah el Dine tell Firdaus she must not have while working?

3. What does El Saadawi see in everyone she meets after speaking to Firdaus?

4. Where did Firdaus stay all the time while at Sharifa Salah el Dine's home?

5. How did Firdaus feel at the end of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Firdaus' thoughts on men after Ibrahim's engagement?

2. Who is Ibrahim?

3. What new job did Firdaus take after speaking to Di'aa? What did she think of the job?

4. Who is Fawzy and how did he help Firdaus?

5. What happened when Firdaus saw Ibrahim four years later?

6. What did the guards mean in Chapter 3 when they said "Your time has come"?

7. How did Firdaus' life change at the age of 25?

8. What does the quote "I am speaking the truth. And truth is savage and dangerous" mean?

9. Who is Di'aa, and how did he change Firdaus?

10. How did the Arab man learn that Firdaus was a killer?

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