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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Flee from his house.
(d) Turn him in to authorities.

2. How is Hamida's engagement to Abbas confirmed?
(a) By giving Hamida a diamond ring.
(b) By signing a contract.
(c) By pledging before witnesses.
(d) By the reading of the Qur'an.

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

4. Why do the residents of the alley think they've been suffering during the war?
(a) Due to random chance.
(b) Due to their own wickedness.
(c) Due to the wickedness of the British.
(d) Due to the malice of the gods.

5. What are the professions of Salim Alwan's sons?
(a) They do not work.
(b) A teacher, a musician, and a barber.
(c) They are all merchants.
(d) A judge, an attorney, and a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim Alwan want from Hamida?

2. What does Hamida feel for Abbas as they walk together?

3. How does Hussain Kirsha convince Abbas to go to work for the British?

4. How does Kirsha reacts when Hussain says he really will leave home?

5. What stops the engagement of Salim Alwan to Hamida?

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