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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Yasin complain about a lack of at his wedding celebration?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Food.
(d) Women.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Hate them.
(d) Agree with them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahmad congratulate himself for not doing like Yasin when reprimanding him in Chapter 58?

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

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

4. What is Kamal doing in a circle of soldiers in Chapter 59?

5. What does Zaynab threaten to do after fighting with Yasin in Chapter 57?

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