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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hamida view her relationship with the stranger?
(a) As an amusement.
(b) As true love.
(c) As a romance.
(d) As a battle.

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

3. Why is Ibrahim Faraj, the stranger, so pleased when Hamida readily comes with him?
(a) He is saving days of work pursuing her.
(b) She is an easy catch.
(c) He is saving the cost of wooing her.
(d) She is compliant and friendly.

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

5. What does Hussain Kirsha say is the advantage of British nationality?
(a) In England, everyone is strong.
(b) In England, everyone is rich.
(c) In England, everyone is happy.
(d) In England, everyone is equal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kirsha admire about Hitler?

2. What is the first class to which Ibrahim Faraj takes Hamida?

3. How do Salim Alwan's sons react to his hostility?

4. Why do the boys advise Uncle Kamil to put up a poster of Ibrahim Farhat, the candidate?

5. Why does the stranger seem out of place in Midaq Alley?

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