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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Abbas say that Uncle Kamil is completely without profit for him?
(a) Uncle Kamil has no hair to cut.
(b) Uncle Kamil doesn't pay his share of the rent.
(c) Uncle Kamil takes more than his half of the food they share.
(d) Uncle Kamil never pays his bills.

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

3. What does Radwan Hussainy advise Mrs. Kirsha to do about her husband's behavior?
(a) Leave him to God.
(b) Try to win him back.
(c) Turn him in to authorities.
(d) Flee from his house.

4. Was is Radwan Hussainy an unusual landlord?
(a) He raises the rent only once a year.
(b) He lets his tenants live rent-free.
(c) He ignored a military edict to raise rent.
(d) He raises the rent only once every five years.

5. How does Kirsha defend his lustful conduct?
(a) "There is no evil in what I do."
(b) "All men do many things that are dirty."
(c) "I can't help myself."
(d) "I am trying to save the boy from harm."

Short Answer Questions

1. What trick does Abbas play on Uncle Kamil?

2. What does Hamida believe is everything in life?

3. How long will Abbas be in the service of the British army?

4. How long has the poet been reciting in Kirsha's cafe?

5. What do his jealous friends call Hussain Kirsha?

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