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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Hosny Allam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hosny doing when Amer checks on noise in the hall?
(a) Leading an irate woman away.
(b) Singing off key at the top of his voice.
(c) Playing a guitar.
(d) Hitting a punch bag.

2. What amuses Hosny about a commotion the hall?
(a) That Mariana is hitting Sarhan with a broom.
(b) That Zohra is hiding behind Amer.
(c) That a woman is assaulting Sarhan.
(d) That Zohra has just slapped Tolba.

3. What does Hosny think of Zohra as she is making his bed?
(a) She is serious.
(b) She is hoping he will seduce her.
(c) She is not that good looking.
(d) She would be a good wife.

4. What does Amer wish about one mistake he made?
(a) He had badly injured someone.
(b) It had ended his marriage.
(c) It had gotten him into a bad marriage.
(d) It had not precluded his having offspring.

5. What does he think Mariana is?
(a) A retired school teacher.
(b) An aging madame.
(c) A scheming old woman.
(d) A sweet grandmotherly matron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business advice does Hosny receive?

2. Which boarder is built like a wrestler?

3. What pervades the group that gathers to listen to Umm Kulthum?

4. Who was Wagdi's late master?

5. Who does Hosny go and have sex with after failing to embrace Zohra in the hall?

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