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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who visits Ahmad's store and is flirtatious in Chapter 51?
(a) Umm Maryam.
(b) Widow Shawcat.
(c) Umm Hanafi.
(d) Nur.

3. What does Amina wish to do for Khadija after growing concerned about her in Chapter 38?
(a) Read to her.
(b) Brush her hair.
(c) Read her fortune.
(d) Take her to church.

4. Whose life is focused on in Chapter 55 as it relates to the revolution's impact?
(a) Amina's.
(b) Ahmad's.
(c) Kamal's.
(d) Fahmy's.

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

6. What does Yasim complain to Fahmy about his marriage in Chapter 48?
(a) His wife is ugly.
(b) His wife is mean.
(c) He hates being confined.
(d) He is bored.

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

8. What are the prisoners that Ahmad reacts to in Chapter 53 arrested for?
(a) Murder.
(b) Reading the Qu'ran.
(c) Imposition of martial law.
(d) Stealing.

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

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

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

12. How does Ahmad describe himself that makes him unwilling to allow the women of his house outdoors?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Ultraliberal.
(c) Ultraconservative.
(d) Conservative.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ahmad not learn about political situations from?

2. Whose daughter does Ahmad announce Yasin will marry?

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

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

5. How does Yasin feel when he discovers his father cheating on his mother in Chapter 39?

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