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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ibrahim Faraj say pimps are?
(a) Partners in crime.
(b) Shrewd money makers.
(c) Caretakers of beauty.
(d) Stockbrokers of happiness.

2. What is the first class to which Ibrahim Faraj takes Hamida?
(a) Art.
(b) Oriental dancing.
(c) Sexual mores and manners.
(d) Western dancing.

3. What has Abbas learned while he has been away from the alley?
(a) How to speak French.
(b) How to speak German.
(c) How to speak English.
(d) How to speak Arabic.

4. How does Hussain Kirsha think Egypt is different from the rest of the world?
(a) Egyptians are richer than others.
(b) Egyptian history is a treasure for others.
(c) Egyptians are wiser than others.
(d) A war for others is good fortune for Egypt.

5. How does Abbas learn that Hamida left with a man?
(a) Hussain Kirsha tells him.
(b) The factory girls tell him.
(c) Umm Hamida tells him.
(d) Uncle Kamil tells him.

6. What does Ibrahim Faraj say is his true profession?
(a) Dance instructor.
(b) Headmaster of a school.
(c) Accountant of a busy firm.
(d) Pimp.

7. What does Kirsha want from Hamida after his heart attack?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) Marriage.
(d) A business partnership.

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

9. Where does the English instructor say the girls learn English best?
(a) In conversation with each other.
(b) In textbooks.
(c) In taverns and hotels.
(d) In classrooms.

10. What does Hamida have that proves her popularity with the soldiers?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Dates.
(c) Beautiful clothes.
(d) Savings.

11. Why is Hussain Kirsha disappointed in Hitler?
(a) Hussain Kirsha hoped Hitler would defeat Russia.
(b) Hussain Kirsha hoped Hitler would conquer the world.
(c) Hussain Kirsha hoped Hitler would come to Egypt.
(d) Hussain Kirsha hoped Hitler would fight on indefinitely.

12. Why does Salim Alwan curse Sheikh Darwish?
(a) He is irritated by Sheikh Darwish's constant babbling.
(b) He is irritated by Sheikh Darwish getting in his path.
(c) He is irritated by his own ill health.
(d) He is irritated by the news that Hamida has left with a man.

13. What part of Kirsha has suffered the worst damage from the heart attack?
(a) His nervous system.
(b) His digestive system.
(c) His respiratory system.
(d) His circulatory system.

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

15. What moment marks the dividing point between Hamida's two lives?
(a) When she walks away from Midaq Alley.
(b) When she cooks the lentils.
(c) When she packs her clothes.
(d) When she steps into the taxi with Ibrahim Faraj.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Kamil reluctant to tell Abbas?

2. Why is Kirsha offended at Ibrahim Farhat's offer to pay for his support?

3. What does Susu say is life's most beautiful thing?

4. How does Hamida view her relationship with the stranger?

5. Why is Hussain Kirsha laid off by the British?

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