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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 does Amina tell Fahmy will be the one they have a hard time getting to agree on his marriage to Maryam?
(a) Maryam.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Iffat.
(d) Umm Maryam.

2. What is Ahmad's assistant waiting to hear recited by a sheikh in Chapter 7?
(a) The Qur'an.
(b) The daily rules.
(c) Their horoscopes.
(d) The news.

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

4. What is the name of the café that Yasin settles on in Chapter 12?
(a) Ahmad's Coffee Shop.
(b) Ezbekiya Garden.
(c) Goldsmith's Bazaar.
(d) Ali's Coffee Shop.

5. At what time does Amina have to wait up on her husband every night?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 11:00 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 1:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Khadija do Yasin and Kamal make fun of her for?

2. How many years has Amina been married to her husband?

3. What does Ahmad apply just before leaving the house with his sons each day?

4. Whose shrine does Yasin convince someone to go to in Chapter 27?

5. What about Amina's husband could not be questioned because he was male?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Kamal's visit to Maryam in Chapter 21 described?

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

3. How does Ahmad react to Fahmy's request to marry Maryam?

4. How are the three visitors that come to Ahmad's home described?

5. What happens to Amina after her broken collarbone has healed?

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

7. How does Amina's sons react when they come to visit her at her mother's house just after her exile?

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

9. How does Yasin remember his happy childhood ruined by a fruit merchant?

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

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