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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Amer Wagdi when he returns to his old residence?
(a) 58.
(b) 44.
(c) 69.
(d) 80.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Amer Wagdi's old residence?

2. About what is Hosny certain when he sees Zohra?

3. Why does Hosny move to the Miramar?

4. What amuses Hosny about a commotion the hall?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What commotion in the hallway does Hosny respond to, and what does he do?

2. About what is Amer dreaming when he hears a ruckus in the hallway?

3. About what does Amer warn Zohra and why does he do so?

4. What does Mariana offer Zohra and what does Amer fear about Zohra?

5. How do Zohra and Amer have a chance to talk and how does Zohra feel about the two older, male boarders?

6. Describe the encounter between Zohra, Hosny and Sarhan.

7. With whom does Hosny hook up after leaving the Umm Kulthum at intermission, and what is the woman's advice to him?

8. What is Hosny's next encounter with Zohra and how does he react?

9. How does Amer respond to the news that Zohra is taking reading lessons, and how do others respond?

10. Why does Hosny's attitude towards Zohra change?

(see the answer keys)

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