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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Amina to a mosque in Chapter 27?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Ahmad.
(d) Khadija.

2. What is the name of the haughty and flirtatious woman who comes to Ahmad's store after the matchmaker?
(a) Zubayda.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Zanuba.
(d) Amina.

3. What is Yasin's mother's name?
(a) Jalila.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Maryam.
(d) Aisha.

4. Who is named second in command of the house while Amina rests from her injury?
(a) Yasin.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Khadija.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?

3. What does Yasin's mother do joyfully when he visits her for the first time in the book?

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

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

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