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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 matchmaker that visits Ahmad's store in Chapter 14?
(a) Umm Maryam.
(b) Umm Ali.
(c) Haniya.
(d) Umm Hanafi.

2. What is Amina's husband's name?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Yasin.

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

4. What does Yasin call his mother before angrily leaving her in Chapter 18?
(a) A criminal.
(b) A thief.
(c) A monster.
(d) A liar.

5. Where does Yasin go to after he is shocked to see an old man from his youth in Chapter 12?
(a) Goldsmith's Bazaar.
(b) Costaki's Bar.
(c) Ali's Coffee Shop.
(d) Sugar Street.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the gathering that all of Ahmad's family has at sunset except for him?

3. What is the name of the girl that is the foster daughter of the singer Zubayda?

4. What is the name of the sheikh that admonishes Ahmad for his adultery and drunkenness?

5. How does Amina feel after she starts supervising the household from bed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the family react to Ahmad's announcement that Aisha cannot marry in Chapter 26?

3. How are Kamal's "story hungry" actions described in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How are Amina's duties on her roof described in Chapter 6?

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