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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sarhan al-Beheiry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Zohra?
(a) A woman who is looking for a job.
(b) Amer's next-door-neighbor.
(c) Mariana's granddaughter.
(d) Mariana's daughter.

2. How does Hosny like to treat women?
(a) As his equal.
(b) As his harem.
(c) As his friends.
(d) As a sacred trust.

3. Which of the boarders is a 30-year-old peasant?
(a) None of them.
(b) Mansour.
(c) Sarhan.
(d) Hosny.

4. What plan of Zohra's does Mansour approve?
(a) To learn to read and write.
(b) To go back home.
(c) To marry Sarhan.
(d) To apply to the University.

5. What happens when Sarhan complains about his life to his friends?
(a) They commiserate with him.
(b) They shrug.
(c) Safeya calls him hard hearted.
(d) They laugh at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarhan long to do about Safeya?

2. Who is Ali Bakir's lover?

3. How long has it been since Mansour has seen Fawzi before now?

4. Of what does Mansour think longingly while visiting with Fawzi?

5. What increases Hosny's hatred?

(see the answer key)

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