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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is described as the more beautiful of Amina's daughters?
(a) Khadija.
(b) Zanuba.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Jalilia.

3. What is the name of the girl that is the foster daughter of the singer Zubayda?
(a) Zubayda.
(b) Zanuba.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Haniya.

4. Who is sent by Fahmy on a nighttime mission to Maryam's?
(a) Amina.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Haniya.
(d) Kamal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who vows to never leave Amina after visiting her in Chapter 33?

4. Who is named second in command of the house while Amina rests from her injury?

5. What does Ahmad apply just before leaving the house with his sons each day?

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