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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. Who is Ali Bakir's lover?
(a) Zohra.
(b) Sophie Garz.
(c) Safeya Barakat.
(d) He does not have a lover.

2. For what does Zohra seem to long?
(a) Truth.
(b) Education.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Affection.

3. What does Ali point out to Sarhan about Sarhan working within the system?
(a) That it is too slow a process to wealth.
(b) That Sarhan has benefited very little.
(c) That the system is as corrupt as highjacking a truck is.
(d) That only men whose fathers are already wealthy can use the system.

4. What does Mansour think of Hosny?
(a) He is friendly.
(b) He is mean.
(c) He is mentally unstable.
(d) He acts like a Lord.

5. What angers Mansour about both himself and Sarhan?
(a) They are both fickle.
(b) They love women who will not love them.
(c) They use women.
(d) They lack loyalty to a just cause.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Mahmoud want Sarhan's advice?

2. For what does Sarhan say Hosny has a talent?

3. Who does Mansour visit after learning of the arrest?

4. Who provides the alcohol for the people at the pension listening to the concert?

5. What happens when Sarhan is with Zohara?

Short Essay Questions

1. Wat does Sarhan say about the Umm Kulthum concert?

2. What are Ali and Sarhan's plans to gain money?

3. What are Sarhan's quick impressions of Hosny and Mansour?

4. What does Mansour impulsively do when he meets Doreya at the zoo?

5. Briefly describe Mansour's meeting with his longtime friend Fawzi.

6. Describe the fight with Safeya, Zohra and Sarhan from Sarhan's perspective.

7. How does Mansour react to Sarhan's announcement that he intends to marry Aleya?

8. How does Ali convince Sarhan to join him in the heist?

9. What does Sarhan say about Mariana when he asks to rent a room and how does Zohra act when she sees him at the Miramar?

10. Summarize Mansour's analysis of the time the boarders spend together the night of the Umm Kulthum concert.

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