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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 relationship between Fahmy and Yasin in the book?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Friends.
(d) Brothers.

2. What is the only part of love to which Ahmad responds?
(a) Memories.
(b) Lust.
(c) Sentimentality.
(d) Domesticity.

3. What does Ahmad apply just before leaving the house with his sons each day?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Hair gel.
(d) A coat.

4. What is on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?
(a) Beer.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Women.

5. Who does Ahmad insist get married first out of his children in Chapter 5?
(a) Zaynab.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Khadija.
(d) Jalilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the neighbor girl who Fahmy watches do chores from the roof?

2. What caused Ahmad to become severe with Kamal when he was a child?

3. 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?

4. What does Yasin say he can no longer pretend regarding his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?

5. What title does Ahmad hold at the party he throws in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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