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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salim Alwan's lunch do for him?
(a) It gives him unusual energy for work.
(b) It helps him to nap.
(c) It makes him cheerful.
(d) It is an aphrodisiac.

2. What does Salim Alwan's company sell?
(a) Perfumes.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Rugs.
(d) Produce.

3. What does Kirsha blame himself for his wife's behavior?
(a) Kirsha should have left his wife.
(b) Kirsha should have been kinder to his wife.
(c) Kirsha should have educated his wife.
(d) Kirsha should have beaten his wife.

4. Why do patients accept Dr. Booshy's painful cures?
(a) They believe pain is the best healer.
(b) They believe pain is inescapable.
(c) His fees are so low.
(d) They believe he is the best.

5. Why does Abbas think Hamida talks of money rather than of love?
(a) Hamida's love for him has overwhelmed her.
(b) Hamida is only interested in money.
(c) Modesty conceals Hamida's real interest in him.
(d) Poverty has colored Hamida's thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the boy respond to Kirsha's invitation to come to his cafe?

2. What does Kirsha mean when he says a "galman"?

3. What relation is Umm Hamida to Hamida?

4. Why does Sheikh Darwish think Kirsha should love his wife?

5. What does Sheikh Darwish say about Abbas' love of Hamida?

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