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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the matchmaker that visits Ahmad's store in Chapter 14?
(a) Haniya.
(b) Umm Ali.
(c) Umm Hanafi.
(d) Umm Maryam.

2. For what does Ahmad try to hire the woman who comes to his store after the matchmaker?
(a) As a dancer.
(b) As a cook.
(c) As a singer.
(d) As a prostitute.

3. What is the name of Zubayda's rival in her profession?
(a) Khadija.
(b) Zanuba.
(c) Jalila.
(d) Haniya.

4. What is the name of the café that Yasin settles on in Chapter 12?
(a) Ahmad's Coffee Shop.
(b) Ali's Coffee Shop.
(c) Ezbekiya Garden.
(d) Goldsmith's Bazaar.

5. Who is left with the sorrow of a lost opportunity when Ahmad refues to let Aisha be married?
(a) Yasin.
(b) Amina.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Khadija.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ahmad's assistant?

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

3. What instrument does Ahmad play expertly?

4. What is Ahmad's assistant waiting to hear recited by a sheikh in Chapter 7?

5. What does Kamal envy about Yasin at the end of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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