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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. On whom does most of the household burdens fall after Amina is evicted?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Khadija.
(d) Fahmy.

2. How does Kamal find the British troops rather than demonic?
(a) Happy.
(b) Funny looking.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Nice.

3. Which of the following descriptions was not given to Yasin to describe him in Chapter 60?
(a) Too weak to tame a wife.
(b) Poor.
(c) Unable to save himself.
(d) Reckless.

4. What does Ahmad feel singled out by the preacher's call to at prayer service?
(a) Preaching to others.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Repentance.
(d) Revolting.

5. What does Ahmad say he does not do to his friends that take wives and daughters on outings with them?
(a) Hate them.
(b) Love them.
(c) Judge them.
(d) Agree with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kamal take refuge when strikers break down the schoolroom door at his school?

2. What does Amina wish to do for Khadija after growing concerned about her in Chapter 38?

3. What has Ahmad often fantasized about the person who visits his store in Chapter 35?

4. What does Kamal accept from Khalil although he resents him in Chapter 43?

5. Who protests the danger when Fahmy announces he is distributing a document that is illegal under martial law?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Yasin's last meeting with his mother described?

2. What are Fahmy's views on nationalism, as described in Chapter 52?

3. How does Kamal tell Ahmad that he wants Amina back in their house?

4. How does Ahmad participate in politics according to his actions in Chapter 49?

5. How is Amina's homecoming described after Ahmad sends her a pardon to return?

6. What happens when Yasin finds the maid Nur on the roof of the house?

7. How does Fahmy react when the first martyrs start dying in the revolution?

8. How are Aisha's new surroundings described after she is married and Amina, Khadaji, and Kamal visit her?

9. What is the nature of Fahmy and Yasin's conversation in Chapter 41?

10. Why is Fahmy stirred by politics in Chapter 48?

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