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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hosny think he should keep busy?
(a) To keep him from doing something stupid.
(b) To earn enough money to leave Egypt.
(c) To earn enough money to marry.
(d) So he does not have to be around the other boarders very much.

2. Where is Amer Wagdi's old residence?
(a) The Naval War Vet's Pension.
(b) Alexandria's Miramar Pension.
(c) Alexander Village.
(d) Shiramara Pension.

3. Who owns Wagdi's old residence?
(a) Sir Bedouin.
(b) Mme. Mariana.
(c) Mme. Coulette.
(d) Mme. Flousey.

4. About what does Hosny obsess?
(a) That he wants to move to the United States.
(b) That his sister is not yet married.
(c) That his brother makes more money than he.
(d) Being turned down for marriage.

5. What is Marzug to Mariana?
(a) Her brother-in-law.
(b) A former lover.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her landlord.

6. How does Mariana dress Zohra?
(a) In a maid's outfit.
(b) In Mariana's clothes from when she was Zohra's age.
(c) In old work clothes of her husband.
(d) In fetching, modern clothes.

7. What news does Mariana bring about Sarhan days after he leaves.
(a) That he married his childhood girlfriend.
(b) That he moved to Syria.
(c) That he was murdered.
(d) That he joined the Army.

8. How does Tolba anger Hosny?
(a) By speaking well of Sarhan.
(b) By flirting with Zohra.
(c) By insinuating that he and Zohra have had sex.
(d) By insinuating that Hosny would never have Zohra.

9. Where does Hosny go for a night of alcohol and sex?
(a) Safeya's place.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Mahmoud's place.
(d) Chariots Hotel.

10. Who exploited Zohra?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandfather and brother-in-law.
(c) Her former employer.
(d) Her last boyfriend.

11. What happened in Azhar in 1919?
(a) The British invade.
(b) There is a terrible earthquake.
(c) There is a plague that decimates the town.
(d) The Nile floods the town.

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

13. Who does Sarhan decide he is going to marry?
(a) Zohra.
(b) No one.
(c) The girl his parents have chosen.
(d) Aleya.

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

15. Who does Mariana evict?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Sarhan.
(c) Aleya.
(d) Hosny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mariana delighted about Zohra arriving?

2. Why are Sarhan and a drunken Hosny fighting?

3. What does Hosny do as he speeds through the city?

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

5. How does Marzug once arrive at a party?

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