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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 on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Women.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Beer.

2. Which of the following does Yasin not do to forget his mother in Chapter 13?
(a) Pines for Maryam.
(b) Worries about his inheritance.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Curses his fate.

3. What does Fahmy tell Amina that he will do before getting married to Maryam?
(a) Graduate from school.
(b) Graduate and get a job.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Buy a ring.

4. What grazes Amina after leaving a mosque that causes her injury?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A car.
(d) A bomb.

5. What war does Fahmy talk about with his family members in Chapter 9?
(a) The European War.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Spanish War.
(d) The African War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only part of love to which Ahmad responds?

2. What is Amina's husband's name?

3. Who suggests to Amina that Aisha's engagement be allowed until Khadija is married first?

4. Who accompanies Amina to a mosque in Chapter 27?

5. Who suggests that Amina tell Ahmad that she fell down the stairs to explain her broken bone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Amina's mother described when she goes to stay with her during her exile?

2. How does the family react when Fahmy asks Amina to arrange his marriage to Maryam?

3. What happens when Amina confesses leaving the house to visit the al-Husayn shrine to Ahmad?

4. How are Ahmad and Mme. Zubayda's interactions described in Chapter 14?

5. How is Amina injured on her way home from visiting the al-Husayn shrine?

6. How is Yasin's meeting with his mother described in Chapter 18?

7. What is the nature of Khadija and Aisha's conversation regarding marriage in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Aisha stand alone at her window each morning?

9. How are Ahmad's actions at a party where he hires Zubayda to sing described?

10. How is Yasin and Amina's visit to the al-Husayn shrine described?

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