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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what time does Fatma arrive at Muhammed Ali Street?

2. At the end of Chapter 14, what type of storm approaches?

3. In Chapter 11, what philosopher does the al-Jahiz mention to Fatma and Hadia?

4. What type of god was Sobek?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Archie bring to the Brotherhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fatma tell Hadia about working together?

2. How are Abigail and her friends dressed when Fatma and Hadia come to interview Alexander Worthington in Chapter 13?

3. How does Fatma spend Monday morning in Chapter 12?

4. What happens when Fatma and Hadia questions Siwa, the archivist, who sold the Brotherhood many archives?

5. Why does Madame Nabila say that men joined Lord Worthington's Brotherhood?

6. What is the Worthington estate like?

7. In Chapter 10, what does Fatma wear when she, other agents, and the police go to arrest al-Jahiz when he speaks?

8. In Chapter 13, what does Abigail give Fatma and Hadia after they interview Alexander?

9. How does the man calling himself al-Jahiz respond when Fatma asks if he is a murderer?

10. What does Fatma observe and learn when she views the murder scene at the Worthington estate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Clark use artistic license to create the realistic background of A Master of Djinn?

Essay Topic 2

Alexander Worthington seems to have a sense of superiority. What are Alexander’s views of Egyptians? Why does he believe he and others from Britain are superior to Egyptians and other native peoples?

Essay Topic 3

Al-Jahiz appeals to the poor. How does he stir up the poor and disenfranchised? In what way is al-Jahiz a rabble-rouser or a demagogue?

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