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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has been standing at her bedroom window for months yearning for a young police officer that walks by?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Amina.
(c) Haniya.
(d) Khadija.

3. What kind of worker was the man that wooed Yasin's mother and ruined his childhood?
(a) A servant.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A cook.
(d) A fruit merchant.

4. What is wrong with Ahmad in Chapter 3 that makes noises anger him?
(a) He has a fever.
(b) He is hung over.
(c) He broke his foot.
(d) His eye is hurt.

5. What title does Ahmad hold at the party he throws in Chapter 16?
(a) The man.
(b) Leader of the pack.
(c) The man of the hour.
(d) The bridegroom.

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

7. Who does Ahmad insist get married first out of his children in Chapter 5?
(a) Zaynab.
(b) Jalilia.
(c) Khadija.
(d) Aisha.

8. Where does Chapter 7 take place?
(a) Ahmad's store.
(b) New Street.
(c) Ezbekiya Garden.
(d) Ahmad's home.

9. What is the name of the sheikh that admonishes Ahmad for his adultery and drunkenness?
(a) Zaghul.
(b) Mutawalli.
(c) Hamzawi.
(d) Kamal.

10. What does Yasin call his mother before angrily leaving her in Chapter 18?
(a) A liar.
(b) A monster.
(c) A thief.
(d) A criminal.

11. 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?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Meet him in secret.
(c) Move.
(d) Drop her wedding plans.

12. What kind of eyes does Amina say Ahmad had that made her confess how she really was injured?
(a) Interrogating.
(b) Angry.
(c) Mean.
(d) Consuming.

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

14. What does Ahmad say when Amina asks him about Fahmy marrying Maryam?
(a) Agrees but with doubts.
(b) Agrees wholeheartedly.
(c) Says no, but may reconsider.
(d) Angrily dismisses the idea.

15. What is the name of the matchmaker that visits Ahmad's store in Chapter 14?
(a) Umm Maryam.
(b) Umm Hanafi.
(c) Haniya.
(d) Umm Ali.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ahmad's assistant?

2. What does Khadija demand a confession of from Aisha in addition to never watching the policeman again?

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

4. What does Fahmy tell Amina that he will do before getting married to Maryam?

5. What is Yasin on the prowl for in Chapter 12?

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