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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 does Khadija demand a confession of from Aisha in addition to never watching the policeman again?
(a) Murder.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Thievery.
(d) Treachery.

2. How old is Ahmad in Chapter 14 of the book?
(a) 55.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 40.

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

4. What is Yasin on the prowl for in Chapter 12?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Women.
(d) Friends.

5. Who accompanies Amina to a mosque in Chapter 27?
(a) Khadija.
(b) Kamal.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Ahmad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the café that Yasin settles on in Chapter 12?

2. Where does Kamal see a bus heading at the end of Chapter 8?

3. What color hair does Aisha have?

4. What is the name of Zubayda's rival in her profession?

5. Who has been standing at her bedroom window for months yearning for a young police officer that walks by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Fahmy do while sitting on a roof with Kamal in Chapter 10?

3. How does Ahmad react when a matchmaker hints that Mme. Nafusa wanted to be his second wife?

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

5. How are Ahmad's actions to those outside his household described?

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

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

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

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

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

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