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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 Mansour pity in Zohra?
(a) Her loneliness.
(b) Her poverty.
(c) Her self confidence.
(d) Her waning good looks.

2. With whom would Sarhan wish to listen to the Umm Kulthum's concert?
(a) No one.
(b) Safeya.
(c) Mahmoud.
(d) Ali or Rafat.

3. Who provides the alcohol for the people at the pension listening to the concert?
(a) Sarhan.
(b) Hosny.
(c) Mahmoud.
(d) No one.

4. Where do Mansour and Doreya next meet?
(a) The Miramar.
(b) A cafe on the Nile.
(c) The Corniche.
(d) The train to Cairo.

5. What does Mansour try to do while Zohra is making his bed?
(a) Grope her.
(b) Nap in the chair.
(c) Unpack his suitcase.
(d) Be sociable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zohra's grandfather do that made Zohra run away?

2. Why does Mansour "dismiss" in his mind Amer and Tolba?

3. What class is Hosny a member of according to Sarhan?

4. Where do Mansour and Doreya meet?

5. To whose life does Ali say they will soon lead a similar one?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sarhan's encounter with Tolba on the street.

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

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

4. How does Mahmoud inadvertently give Sarhan an excuse to move out of living with Safeya, and what does he say about marriage?

5. Why does Doreya say Mansour is four years too late and what is his response?

6. What are Mansour's first impressions of some of the boarders at the Miramar?

7. What does Mansour do when he learns of Fawzi's arrest?

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

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

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

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