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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who decides that the British troops are camping to intimidate and stop demonstrations?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) Yasin.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Jamil.

2. What does Zaynab threaten to do after fighting with Yasin in Chapter 57?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Leave.
(c) Cheat on him.
(d) Kill herself.

3. What does Kamal receive from the British troops after they chase him and Umm Hanafi?
(a) Bread.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Cake.
(d) Chocolate.

4. Who visits Ahmad at his store at the beginning of Chapter 35?
(a) Umm Hanafi.
(b) Umm Maryam.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Aisha.

5. Where does Kamal take refuge when strikers break down the schoolroom door at his school?
(a) Costaki's Bar.
(b) Palace Walk.
(c) Ali's Coffee Shop.
(d) Uncle Hamdan's store.

6. What has Ahmad often fantasized about the person who visits his store in Chapter 35?
(a) Sleeping with her.
(b) Killing her.
(c) Beating her.
(d) Kissing her.

7. What is the name of Yasin's new bride?
(a) Jalila.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Zaynab.
(d) Zubayda.

8. What does Fahmy read a letter about from the Wafd Delegation to the Sultan in protest of?
(a) Egyptian revolutions.
(b) Religion.
(c) Islam.
(d) British denial of Egypt's rights.

9. Who goes to Ahmad's store and blurts out that he wants his mother to come home?
(a) Yasin.
(b) Umm Hanafi.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Aisha.

10. Who does the person who visits Ahmad in Chapter 36 wish for her son to marry?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Zaynab.
(c) Khadija.
(d) Jalila.

11. Who chaperones Kamal to and from school during the revolution?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Amina.
(c) Umm Hanafi.
(d) Fahmy.

12. What is the name of Khalil's brother who looks at Khadija?
(a) Ibrahim.
(b) Iffat.
(c) Jamil.
(d) Hasan.

13. How does Aisha dress when Amina, Khadija, and Kamal visit her in her new home after being married?
(a) Elegantly.
(b) Badly.
(c) Inappropriately.
(d) Matronly.

14. Which of the following things does Ahmad not do when reprimanding Yasin in Chapter 58?
(a) Is silent.
(b) Calls him a disgrace and defiler of his home.
(c) Hits him.
(d) Insults him.

15. What does Iffat demand of Ahmad when he visits him in Chapter 60?
(a) Yasin's arrest.
(b) A divorce.
(c) Free goods.
(d) Ahmad's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aisha show that she will obey of God and her father in Chapter 38?

2. What does Amina's mother believe should have happened when her sons bring her a pardon to return home?

3. What is the name of the maid with whom Yasin cheats on his wife?

4. What is Fahmy terrified to see puddles of at al-Husayn?

5. What is the name of Ahmad's friend that bemoans the burden of raising girls?

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