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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. Who accompanies Amina to a mosque in Chapter 27?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Ahmad.
(d) Fahmy.
2. What is the relationship between Fahmy and Yasin in the book?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Friends.
(d) Father and son.
3. What is on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Women.
(c) Beer.
(d) Cigarettes.
4. What is the name of the gathering that all of Ahmad's family has at sunset except for him?
(a) Family time.
(b) Secret hour.
(c) Coffee hour.
(d) Tea queue.
5. What does Fahmy tell Amina that he will do before getting married to Maryam?
(a) Graduate and get a job.
(b) Buy a house.
(c) Graduate from school.
(d) Buy a ring.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the sheikh that admonishes Ahmad for his adultery and drunkenness?
2. How does Amina's mother describe her grandfather and father to suggest why evil cannot befall her?
3. What does Khadija catch Aisha doing in Chapter 22 that explains her reasons for doting on her appearance?
4. Which of the following things are women not doing inside the mosque in Chapter 27?
5. What instrument does Ahmad play expertly?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Amina help her husband with when he comes home drunk at midnight every night?
2. How are the three visitors that come to Ahmad's home described?
3. How are Ahmad's actions to those outside his household described?
4. How are Ahmad's actions at a party where he hires Zubayda to sing described?
5. What happens when Amina confesses leaving the house to visit the al-Husayn shrine to Ahmad?
6. How is Ahmad's daily ritual each morning described?
7. How does Ahmad react to Fahmy's request to marry Maryam?
8. How does Yasin prowl for women in Chapter 12?
9. How are Kamal's "story hungry" actions described in Chapter 9?
10. What happens to Amina after her broken collarbone has healed?
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