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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hamida see the choice Ibrahim Faraj offers her?
(a) A dull past or an exciting future.
(b) Virtue and vice.
(c) Solitude or marriage.
(d) Innocence and crime.

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

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

4. How does Zaita help the strong man to become an efficient beggar?
(a) He disfigures his face.
(b) He teaches him to behave like an imbecile.
(c) He blinds him.
(d) He amputates an arm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pleases Kirsha most about his son's return?

2. What relation is Mrs. Kirsha to Hamida?

3. How much does Ibrahim Farhat offer Kirsha for his support?

4. What does Salim Alwan eat for lunch each day?

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

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