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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 about Amina's husband could not be questioned because he was male?
(a) His feelings.
(b) His work.
(c) His rules.
(d) His activities.

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

3. What is Maryam's family name?
(a) Hamzawi.
(b) Iffat.
(c) Al-Jawad.
(d) Ridwan.

4. What does Amina feel transformed into when entering a mosque?
(a) Pure spirit.
(b) Something sweeter.
(c) Heaven bound.
(d) A saint.

5. Who is sent by Fahmy on a nighttime mission to Maryam's?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Amina.
(d) Aisha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession is the man that Yasin has learned his mother will marry in Chapter 17?

2. What does Kamal review daily with Amina that makes him keep her there as long as possible?

3. Where does Yasin go to after he is shocked to see an old man from his youth in Chapter 12?

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

5. Which of the following does Yasin not do to forget his mother in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the nature of Yasin's complaints about his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?

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

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

7. How is Ahmad's daily ritual each morning described?

8. What is Kamal doing after leaving school in Chapter 8?

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

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

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