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

2. Who leaves before Umm Kulthum's concert is over?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Hosny.
(c) Sarhan.
(d) Tolba.

3. What does Mansour think of Amer on the night of the Umm Kulthum concert?
(a) He is full of hot air.
(b) He is bombastic.
(c) He is knowledgeable in a small field.
(d) He is worthy of esteem.

4. To whose life does Ali say they will soon lead a similar one?
(a) Sarmish al-Hablid.
(b) Harun al-Rashid.
(c) Hablish Raman.
(d) Ali says they will live better than anyone else.

5. Where does Sarhan see Zohra buying papers?
(a) In the Pharmacy.
(b) In the convenience store.
(c) In High-Life Grocery.
(d) In Mahmoud's kiosk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tolba point out about the Soviet bloc?

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

3. Who does Mansour learn is arrested?

4. What does Mansour pity in Zohra?

5. Where do Mansour and Doreya next meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Mansour and Amer discuss one night?

4. Describe Mansour's version of the altercation in the hallway between an unknown woman, Zohra and Sarhan.

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

6. What are Mansour's first impressions of Zohra?

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

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

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

10. When does Sarhan first see Zohra and what does he do?

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