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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who protests the danger when Fahmy announces he is distributing a document that is illegal under martial law?
(a) Amina.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Yasin.
(d) Khadija.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ahmad say Yasim is useless in when referring to him as "Haniya's son"?
(a) Life.
(b) Work.
(c) Battle.
(d) Marriage.

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

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

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

12. Who goes to Ahmad's store and blurts out that he wants his mother to come home?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Yasin.
(d) Umm Hanafi.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following descriptions was not given to Yasin to describe him in Chapter 60?

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

3. Who is the only one to have an appetite in the family in Chapter 57?

4. What is the content of the poem that Yasin is moved by?

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

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