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

2. For what reason must Aisha make her confession, according to Khadija in Chapter 22?
(a) Her feelings.
(b) The family's honor.
(c) Ahmad's honor.
(d) Amina's feelings.

3. What does Yasin reject regarding his mother's justification about her life?
(a) That she was uneducated.
(b) That she was unlucky.
(c) That she was innocent.
(d) That she was poor.

4. What does Yasin say he can no longer pretend regarding his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) That he hates her.
(c) That she doesn't exist.
(d) That she isn't dead.

5. Where does Yasin go to after he is shocked to see an old man from his youth in Chapter 12?
(a) Goldsmith's Bazaar.
(b) Sugar Street.
(c) Ali's Coffee Shop.
(d) Costaki's Bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amina's husband's name?

2. What is the name of Zubayda's rival in her profession?

3. What is Yasin on the prowl for in Chapter 12?

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

5. What does Ahmad say when Amina asks him about Fahmy marrying Maryam?

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