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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Amina's servant that helps her knead dough?
(a) Zaynab.
(b) Umm Maryam.
(c) Haniya.
(d) Umm Hanafi.
2. What does Amina feel opening as she pleads with Ahmad about Aisha's marriage in Chapter 25?
(a) The trash.
(b) A bottomless pit.
(c) A black hole.
(d) Hell's gates.
3. What kind of eyes does Amina say Ahmad had that made her confess how she really was injured?
(a) Interrogating.
(b) Consuming.
(c) Mean.
(d) Angry.
4. What part of Khadija do Yasin and Kamal make fun of her for?
(a) Her nose.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her attitude.
5. What is the name of Ahmad's assistant?
(a) Jamil.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Iffat.
(d) Kamal.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Yasin say he can no longer pretend regarding his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?
2. What is on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?
3. At what age was Yasin removed from his father's house?
4. What is wrong with Ahmad in Chapter 3 that makes noises anger him?
5. Who is described as "story hungry" in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Kamal doing after leaving school in Chapter 8?
2. How are Ahmad's actions at a party where he hires Zubayda to sing described?
3. How does the family react to Ahmad's announcement that Aisha cannot marry in Chapter 26?
4. What is the nature of Yasin's complaints about his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?
5. How does Yasin prowl for women in Chapter 12?
6. What is the nature of Khadija and Aisha's conversation regarding marriage in Chapter 5?
7. What does Fahmy do while sitting on a roof with Kamal in Chapter 10?
8. How are Amina's duties on her roof described in Chapter 6?
9. How is Amina's mother described when she goes to stay with her during her exile?
10. How are Ahmad's actions to those outside his household described?
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