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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kamal see a bus heading at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Palace Walk.
(b) New Street.
(c) Sugar Street.
(d) Coppersmith Street.

2. How does Amina feel after she starts supervising the household from bed?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Bored.

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. Who does Amina tell Fahmy will be the one they have a hard time getting to agree on his marriage to Maryam?
(a) Maryam.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Iffat.
(d) Umm Maryam.

5. What is the name of Ahmad's assistant?
(a) Jamil.
(b) Kamal.
(c) Haniya.
(d) Iffat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yasin call his mother before angrily leaving her in Chapter 18?

2. Where does pain course through Amina after she is injured leaving a mosque?

3. Where does Amina go after leaving Ahmad's home?

4. Who is described as "story hungry" in Chapter 9?

5. What does Amina discover she has broken?

(see the answer key)

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