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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does a young theology student accuse of being a spy at prayer service?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Yasin.
(d) Ahmad.

3. What does Fahmy do after the first martyrs fall to English bullets?
(a) Revolts.
(b) Prays.
(c) Hides.
(d) Buys weapons.

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

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

6. Which of the following descriptions was not given to Yasin to describe him in Chapter 60?
(a) Unable to save himself.
(b) Too weak to tame a wife.
(c) Reckless.
(d) Poor.

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

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

9. Who does Ahmad not learn about political situations from?
(a) His wife.
(b) Customers at his shop.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Friends at soirees.

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

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

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

13. Who dies in Chapter 63?
(a) Haniya.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Amina.

14. How does Yasim's mother look when he tells her he loves her?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Peaceful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kamal become a regular at with the British troops in Chapter 64?

2. What are the prisoners that Ahmad reacts to in Chapter 53 arrested for?

3. What is Ahmad shocked to learn that Yasin does every night?

4. Who visits Ahmad at his store at the beginning of Chapter 35?

5. What does Kamal accept from Khalil although he resents him in Chapter 43?

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