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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 65-71.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits Ahmad in Chapter 36 and gives him a verbal pounding?
(a) Umm Nafusa.
(b) Widow Shawkat.
(c) Yasin.
(d) Umm Hanafi.

2. What grazes Amina after leaving a mosque that causes her injury?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A car.

3. Whose house does Yasin watch in Chapter 39?
(a) Haniya's.
(b) Maryam's.
(c) Zanuba's.
(d) Zubayda's.

4. What task does Aisha ask Khadija's help with in preparation for her wedding?
(a) Sewing the wedding gown.
(b) Fixing her hair.
(c) Making bed sheets.
(d) Doing her makeup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the widowed woman that the matchmaker says wants to become Ahmad's second wife?

2. On whom does most of the household burdens fall after Amina is evicted?

3. What instrument does Ahmad play expertly?

4. What is the name of the gathering that all of Ahmad's family has at sunset except for him?

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

(see the answer key)

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