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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What task does Aisha ask Khadija's help with in preparation for her wedding?
(a) Doing her makeup.
(b) Making bed sheets.
(c) Sewing the wedding gown.
(d) Fixing her hair.

3. What does Ahmad feel singled out by the preacher's call to at prayer service?
(a) Repentance.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Preaching to others.
(d) Revolting.

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

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

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

7. Who does Yasin try to have sex with in Chapter 41?
(a) Nur.
(b) Jalila.
(c) Umm Hanafi.
(d) Zaynab.

8. What does Kamal become a regular at with the British troops in Chapter 64?
(a) Their church services.
(b) Their Sunday dinners.
(c) The tea queue.
(d) Their bar meetings.

9. Of what nationality is Yasin's new wife?
(a) Turkish.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

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

11. Who particularly sees trouble in the actions of Yasin's new wife after they are married?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Amina.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Aisha.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose daughter does Ahmad announce Yasin will marry?

3. Whose life is focused on in Chapter 55 as it relates to the revolution's impact?

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

5. Who dies in Chapter 63?

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