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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarhan insist about Zohra?
(a) That she and Sarhan are engaged.
(b) That Zohra is interested in a man not living at the Miramar.
(c) That she is a good girl.
(d) That Zohra dislikes Hosny.

2. Who does Hosny meet that he thinks would be worth marrying?
(a) Zohra's tutor.
(b) Zohra's sister.
(c) No one.
(d) Sarhan's sister.

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

4. Who announces Sarhan's murder?
(a) Amer.
(b) Hosny.
(c) Tolba.
(d) Zohra.

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

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

7. Who is Tolba Marzuq?
(a) Amer's old and best friend.
(b) A fellow lodger.
(c) Amer's former mentor.
(d) Amer's brother.

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

9. What does Zohra think about Tolba's request for a massage.
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) That he thinks she will work for free.
(c) That he has coarser intentions.
(d) That the request was in poor taste.

10. Of what does Hosny become convinced after talking with Mariana about Zohra?
(a) That she would never marry him.
(b) That she is lying to Mariana.
(c) That she is a prostitute.
(d) That she is not a prostitute.

11. What does Hosny order his Maltese madam to do?
(a) Plan a party for some of his male friends.
(b) Find him a wife.
(c) Gather girls for an orgy.
(d) Stay with him overnight.

12. What does Hosny think of Mansour?
(a) That he is untrustworthy.
(b) That he is ugly.
(c) That he is very smart.
(d) That he is diffident.

13. What is the bond between Amer and Mansour?
(a) Art.
(b) Sports.
(c) Science.
(d) History.

14. About what does Amer warn Zohra?
(a) The regular checks by the city police.
(b) Sarhan's intentions.
(c) Mansour's intentions.
(d) Tolba's mistrust of her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Amer ramble?

2. What business advice does Hosny receive?

3. Which boarder is built like a wrestler?

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

5. What does Hosny do one rainy morning with Zohra's teacher?

(see the answer keys)

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