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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 51-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits Ahmad in Chapter 36 and gives him a verbal pounding?
(a) Umm Hanafi.
(b) Widow Shawkat.
(c) Umm Nafusa.
(d) Yasin.

2. What does Zaynab threaten to do after fighting with Yasin in Chapter 57?
(a) Cheat on him.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Leave.

3. Who do Ahmad's children decide to ask for help to get him to let Amina return?
(a) Umm Hanafi.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Umm Maryam.
(d) Kamal.

4. What does the author say Fahmy is obsessed with in Chapter 52?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Republicanism.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Revolutions.

5. What does Aisha show that she will obey of God and her father in Chapter 38?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Fate.
(d) The higher will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Ahmad at his store at the beginning of Chapter 35?

2. Who protests the danger when Fahmy announces he is distributing a document that is illegal under martial law?

3. Who is sent by Fahmy on a nighttime mission to Maryam's?

4. What does Amina feel opening as she pleads with Ahmad about Aisha's marriage in Chapter 25?

5. What does Yasin reject regarding his mother's justification about her life?

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