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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 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?
(a) Meet him in secret.
(b) Drop her wedding plans.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Move.

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

3. What color hair does Aisha have?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

4. What is wrong with Ahmad in Chapter 3 that makes noises anger him?
(a) His eye is hurt.
(b) He has a fever.
(c) He is hung over.
(d) He broke his foot.

5. Who has been standing at her bedroom window for months yearning for a young police officer that walks by?
(a) Haniya.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Amina.
(d) Aisha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of Ahmad's morning rituals?

2. What is the mock profession Ahmad's friends put on before leaving him in Chapter 16?

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

4. Who is left with the sorrow of a lost opportunity when Ahmad refues to let Aisha be married?

5. What does Kamal review daily with Amina that makes him keep her there as long as possible?

(see the answer key)

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