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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 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.

2. Which of the following things does not happen in the revolution that makes Fahmy's spirits soar?
(a) Strikes.
(b) Mass demonstrations.
(c) Campus uproars.
(d) Arson.

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

4. How does Kamal find the British troops rather than demonic?
(a) Nice.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Funny looking.
(d) Happy.

5. How does Yasin feel when he discovers his father cheating on his mother in Chapter 39?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is disgusted.
(c) He admires him.
(d) He is sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chaperones Kamal to and from school during the revolution?

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

3. What profession is the man that Yasin has learned his mother will marry in Chapter 17?

4. What task does Aisha ask Khadija's help with in preparation for her wedding?

5. What does Yasin tell his mother is the only way he will love her again when he visits her for the first time in the book?

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