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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the person who visits Ahmad in Chapter 36 wish for her son to marry?
(a) Khadija.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Jalila.
(d) Zaynab.

3. Whose marriage does the Widow Shawcat arrange in Chapter 45?
(a) Aisha and Hasan's.
(b) Fahmy and Maryam's.
(c) Ibrahim and Khadija's.
(d) Yasin and Haniya's.

4. What does Ahmad congratulate himself for not doing like Yasin when reprimanding him in Chapter 58?
(a) Womanizing.
(b) Wallowing in mud.
(c) Hurting others.
(d) Drinking.

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

6. What does Amina do after hearing about the two mediators who work on her behalf to get her back home?
(a) Gets scared.
(b) Relaxes.
(c) Cries.
(d) Tenses up.

7. What is Yasin filled with on the day of his wedding?
(a) Dread and regret.
(b) Happiness and thankfulness.
(c) Happiness and dread.
(d) Relief and dread.

8. What is the name of Khalil's brother who looks at Khadija?
(a) Jamil.
(b) Iffat.
(c) Hasan.
(d) Ibrahim.

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

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

11. What does Ahmad tell Yasim he must do if he can't control his wife?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Divorce her.
(d) Move to another city.

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

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

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

15. Which of the following things does Ahmad not do when reprimanding Yasin in Chapter 58?
(a) Hits him.
(b) Is silent.
(c) Insults him.
(d) Calls him a disgrace and defiler of his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom does most of the household burdens fall after Amina is evicted?

2. Who does Yasin not invite to his wedding?

3. Who does a young theology student accuse of being a spy at prayer service?

4. Who is discovered to have left the house at the end of Chapter 58?

5. Who decides that the British troops are camping to intimidate and stop demonstrations?

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