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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Uncle Kamil reluctant to tell Abbas?
(a) Hamida has disappeared.
(b) Hamida has become ill.
(c) Hamida has married.
(d) Hamida has died.

2. What does Abbas say is everything in life?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Beauty.

3. What endeavor do Dr. Booshy and Zaita share?
(a) Picking pockets.
(b) Extortion of beggars.
(c) Burglary of homes.
(d) Grave robbing.

4. Why does Hussain Kirsha avoid the cafe as he returns home?
(a) He wants to see his father before the alley people.
(b) He wants to see his mother before his father.
(c) He wants to see his father before his mother.
(d) He doesn't want to be seen by anybody.

5. What does Hamida believe the stranger means when he says, "I'm just the one to take you!"
(a) A business partnership.
(b) A trip abroad.
(c) Sexual slavery.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zaita insist Dr. Booshy accompany him into the tombs?

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

3. What does Mrs. Afify suspect is causing Umm Hamida to delay in finding her a husband?

4. What does Hamida feel when she unexpectedly encounters Abbas?

5. How does Zaita know the intimate details of the bakers' lives?

(see the answer key)

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