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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Amer Wagdi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wagdi recall?
(a) The time his mother sat up with him all night and talked.
(b) The death of his wife.
(c) All the things he should have recorded in memoirs concerning his late master.
(d) The birth of his son.

2. What is Amer's concern about Zohra?
(a) That she won't catch on quickly enough to her duties.
(b) That she may be pregnant.
(c) That she is ill.
(d) That her family may try to take her home.

3. Why are Sarhan and a drunken Hosny fighting?
(a) Hosny tried to rape Zohra.
(b) Hosny insults Sarhan's mother.
(c) Sarhan tried to rape Zohra.
(d) Sarhan insults Hosny's sister.

4. What does Zohra begin with a tenant on the fifth floor?
(a) Reading lessons.
(b) Music lessons.
(c) Fighting lessons.
(d) Art lessons.

5. Who does the narrator say is an introvert?
(a) Mariana.
(b) Mansour.
(c) Amer.
(d) Sarhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amer wish to trust again?

2. Which of the boarders is a 30-year-old peasant?

3. What does Zohra think about Tolba's request for a massage.

4. Who was Wagdi's late master?

5. What does Amer wish about one mistake he made?

(see the answer key)

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