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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hussain Kirsha feel about his father's erotic adventures?
(a) He does not want to be the object of gossip and jokes.
(b) He thinks it is amusing.
(c) He is scandalized.
(d) He is deeply ashamed.

2. Why does Hamida accept attention from Abbas?
(a) Abbas is the only suitable young man in the alley.
(b) Abbas is a wealthy barber.
(c) Abbas is very handsome.
(d) Hamida is falling in love with Abbas.

3. How long has the poet been reciting in Kirsha's cafe?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) All evening.
(d) Twenty years.

4. How does Zaita react to being compared with Jaada?
(a) He is unsurprised.
(b) He is insulted.
(c) He is flattered.
(d) He is encouraged in his pursuit of Husniya.

5. How does Zaita know the intimate details of the bakers' lives?
(a) He spies through a hole in the wall.
(b) Husniya tells him everything.
(c) He can hear their arguing through the wall.
(d) Jaada confides in him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hamida deal with moral issues?

2. Why do patients accept Dr. Booshy's painful cures?

3. Why is Sheik Darwish always welcome?

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

5. Why does Kirsha openly invite the boy to the cafe in front of everyone?

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