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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story The City of Brass, how many people are in Emir Musa's traveling party to where the cucurbites are found?
(a) 3.
(b) 203.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2003.

2. What do the sons of the Wazir of Cairo think they should do in order to have a son and a daughter so that the cousins will pledge to marry?
(a) Go to the king for blessings.
(b) Invoke a Jinni.
(c) Get married on the same day,
(d) Consult the Holy Book.

3. What did the King of Himyar see in his dream?
(a) Angels singing.
(b) Birds plucking at Hatim's eyes.
(c) Hatim slaying his camel.
(d) Birds taking Hatim away.

4. In the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind, Abu Hasan holds a great celebration in the City of ______ of Al-Yaman.
(a) Al-Kaman.
(b) Aranka.
(c) Kaukaban.
(d) Balakrishna.

5. For how long does Abu Kir sit around and loaf in Alexandria?
(a) Three days.
(b) Twenty days.
(c) Thirty days.
(d) Eight days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the ruined man find after digging in his backyard?

2. In the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind, what is the great celebration Abu Hasan is throwing?

3. Each Kalandar is...

4. For how long was Abu Hasan a bodyguard for the foreign king in the story of How Abu Hasan Broke Wind?

5. Who translates the messages on the seven white marble tablets in the story The City of Brass?

(see the answer key)

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