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

2. What do all of the three younger boarders declare?
(a) They were moving to the United States.
(b) Support for the Revolution.
(c) Support for the regime currently in power.
(d) They will not fight for any regime.

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

4. Who was Wagdi's late master?
(a) The Pasha
(b) Abu Wadi.
(c) Zohra.
(d) Pecifion.

5. What does Hosny do one rainy morning with Zohra's teacher?
(a) Eats breakfast with her.
(b) Drives her to meet her parents at a restaurant.
(c) Drives her to school.
(d) Takes her to Triolan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarhan relate?

2. What increases Hosny's hatred?

3. What does Amer wish about one mistake he made?

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

5. How does Mariana dress Zohra?

Short Essay Questions

1. After dropping the woman off at Mazarita, how does Hosny relieve his tension?

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

3. What is the general atmosphere at the beginning of the Umm Kulthum concert, and how does that change?

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

5. Where has Amer Wagdi moved and how long has it been since he was last there?

6. Why is Sarhan fighting a drunken Hosny in the hall one evening?

7. What is Tolba Marzuq relationship to Mariana, and what does Amer think of him?

8. Who announces Sarhan's death and what is Hosny's reaction?

9. Why does Hosny move to Miramar and what is his first thought about Zohra?

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

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