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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amina feel transformed into when entering a mosque?
(a) Pure spirit.
(b) Heaven bound.
(c) Something sweeter.
(d) A saint.

2. 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) Costaki's Bar.
(c) Ali's Coffee Shop.
(d) Sugar Street.

3. What is the name of the café that Yasin settles on in Chapter 12?
(a) Ali's Coffee Shop.
(b) Ahmad's Coffee Shop.
(c) Ezbekiya Garden.
(d) Goldsmith's Bazaar.

4. Which of the following is not one of Ahmad's morning rituals?
(a) Washes.
(b) Irons.
(c) Prays.
(d) Awaits breakfast with his sons.

5. At what time does Amina have to wait up on her husband every night?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 1:00 a.m.
(c) 10:00 p.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

6. 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 poor.
(d) That she was innocent.

7. Who is the first character seen in Chapter 8?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Jamil.
(d) Yasin.

8. What about Amina's husband could not be questioned because he was male?
(a) His work.
(b) His rules.
(c) His feelings.
(d) His activities.

9. What does Amina ask God to forgive her husband for when she helps wash him after he gets home?
(a) His drinking.
(b) His womanizing.
(c) His meanness.
(d) His bad temper.

10. What is the name of the gathering that all of Ahmad's family has at sunset except for him?
(a) Coffee hour.
(b) Tea queue.
(c) Family time.
(d) Secret hour.

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

12. Who suggests that Amina tell Ahmad that she fell down the stairs to explain her broken bone?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Fahmy.

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

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

15. What does Khadija demand a confession of from Aisha in addition to never watching the policeman again?
(a) Murder.
(b) Thievery.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Treachery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Fahmy and Yasin in the book?

2. What handicap does Amina's mother have?

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

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

5. What is the name of the sheikh that admonishes Ahmad for his adultery and drunkenness?

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