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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 the sheikh that admonishes Ahmad for his adultery and drunkenness?
(a) Hamzawi.
(b) Zaghul.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Mutawalli.

2. What does Amina feel opening as she pleads with Ahmad about Aisha's marriage in Chapter 25?
(a) The trash.
(b) A black hole.
(c) Hell's gates.
(d) A bottomless pit.

3. What is the relationship between Fahmy and Yasin in the book?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Friends.
(d) Brothers.

4. What is the name of Zubayda's rival in her profession?
(a) Khadija.
(b) Zanuba.
(c) Jalila.
(d) Haniya.

5. What does Ahmad say when Amina asks him about Fahmy marrying Maryam?
(a) Says no, but may reconsider.
(b) Agrees but with doubts.
(c) Angrily dismisses the idea.
(d) Agrees wholeheartedly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yasin's mother do joyfully when he visits her for the first time in the book?

2. What kind of eyes does Amina say Ahmad had that made her confess how she really was injured?

3. What does Amina discover she has broken?

4. What is the name of Ahmad's assistant?

5. What does Yasin say he can no longer pretend regarding his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Amina help her husband with when he comes home drunk at midnight every night?

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

4. How are Ahmad's attempts at getting Zubayda to sing at a party described in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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