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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Amina's servant that helps her knead dough?
(a) Zaynab.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Umm Hanafi.
(d) Umm Maryam.

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

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

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

6. What does Khadija catch Aisha doing in Chapter 22 that explains her reasons for doting on her appearance?
(a) Winking.
(b) Practicing in the mirror.
(c) Brushing her hair.
(d) Looking at the street.

7. What is the name of the neighbor girl who Fahmy watches do chores from the roof?
(a) Zaynab.
(b) Zanuba.
(c) Maryam.
(d) Khadija.

8. At what age was Yasin removed from his father's house?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

9. When does Ahmad stop agitating to enforce good order in Chapter 20?
(a) Afternoon prayers.
(b) His afternoon drink.
(c) Daily chores.
(d) When he visits the bar.

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

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

12. What kind of store does Yasin pass by on the way to his mother's that brings painful recollections?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Meat.

13. What war does Fahmy talk about with his family members in Chapter 9?
(a) The Spanish War.
(b) The African War.
(c) WWII.
(d) The European War.

14. What is the mock profession Ahmad's friends put on before leaving him in Chapter 16?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A prayer service.

15. What instrument does Ahmad play expertly?
(a) A drum.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A violin.
(d) Tambourine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Amina discover she has broken?

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

4. Whose shrine does Yasin convince someone to go to in Chapter 27?

5. 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?

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