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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fahmy terrified to see puddles of at al-Husayn?
(a) Oil.
(b) Urine.
(c) Blood.
(d) Gas.

2. Whose daughter does Ahmad announce Yasin will marry?
(a) Jamil's.
(b) Widow Shawcat's.
(c) Iffat's.
(d) Hasan's.

3. What does the author say Fahmy is obsessed with in Chapter 52?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Republicanism.
(d) Revolutions.

4. What is the content of the poem that Yasin is moved by?
(a) Religion.
(b) Islam.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Women's demonstrations.

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

6. Who is the only one to have an appetite in the family in Chapter 57?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Yasin.

7. What is the name of Ahmad's friend that bemoans the burden of raising girls?
(a) Iffat.
(b) Ridwan.
(c) Haniya.
(d) Jamil.

8. What does Ahmad forbid Fahmy to do in Chapter 62?
(a) Get married.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Be politically involved.
(d) Go to school.

9. Which of the following things does not happen in the revolution that makes Fahmy's spirits soar?
(a) Mass demonstrations.
(b) Campus uproars.
(c) Arson.
(d) Strikes.

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

11. What is Kamal doing in a circle of soldiers in Chapter 59?
(a) Singing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Crying.

12. On whom does most of the household burdens fall after Amina is evicted?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Ahmad.

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

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

15. How does Kamal find the British troops rather than demonic?
(a) Nice.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Funny looking.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Ahmad's children decide to ask for help to get him to let Amina return?

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

3. What has Ahmad often fantasized about the person who visits his store in Chapter 35?

4. Which of the following things does Ahmad not do when reprimanding Yasin in Chapter 58?

5. Who visits Ahmad in Chapter 36 and gives him a verbal pounding?

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