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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aisha show that she will obey of God and her father in Chapter 38?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) The higher will.
(d) Fate.

2. What are the prisoners that Ahmad reacts to in Chapter 53 arrested for?
(a) Murder.
(b) Imposition of martial law.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Reading the Qu'ran.

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

4. What does a black maid invite Yasin to see for the first time in Chapter 44?
(a) His bride.
(b) His new house.
(c) His honeymoon suite.
(d) His wedding presents.

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

6. What does Yasim complain to Fahmy about his marriage in Chapter 48?
(a) His wife is ugly.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He hates being confined.
(d) His wife is mean.

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

8. What day does Ahmad and his sons go to prayer service in Chapter 61?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

9. Who brings to Ahmand's shop the text of a petition to seek independence in Chapter 50?
(a) Iffat.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Yasin.

10. What does Ahmad say he does not do to his friends that take wives and daughters on outings with them?
(a) Love them.
(b) Judge them.
(c) Agree with them.
(d) Hate them.

11. What country does Kamal find on a map when picturing the exile's steadfast behavior?
(a) Malta.
(b) Spain.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Greece.

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

13. Who does Yasin not invite to his wedding?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Aisha.

14. What does Kamal accept from Khalil although he resents him in Chapter 43?
(a) Rice.
(b) Bread.
(c) A drink.
(d) Sweets.

15. What does Amina's mother believe should have happened when her sons bring her a pardon to return home?
(a) He should have never thrown her out.
(b) It should have happened earlier.
(c) Ahmad should have brought it.
(d) It should have come later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following things does not happen in the revolution that makes Fahmy's spirits soar?

2. What is Yasin filled with on the day of his wedding?

3. What does Ahmad tell Yasim he must do if he can't control his wife?

4. Whose daughter does Ahmad announce Yasin will marry?

5. Whose marriage does the Widow Shawcat arrange in Chapter 45?

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