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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 Yasin filled with on the day of his wedding?
(a) Happiness and thankfulness.
(b) Relief and dread.
(c) Dread and regret.
(d) Happiness and dread.

2. Whose house does Yasin watch in Chapter 39?
(a) Zubayda's.
(b) Maryam's.
(c) Zanuba's.
(d) Haniya's.

3. How does Yasin feel when he discovers his father cheating on his mother in Chapter 39?
(a) He is disgusted.
(b) He admires him.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is sad.

4. What does Aisha show that she will obey of God and her father in Chapter 38?
(a) Fate.
(b) Her father.
(c) The higher will.
(d) Her mother.

5. Who decides that the British troops are camping to intimidate and stop demonstrations?
(a) Jamil.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Yasin.
(d) Kamal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahmad say Yasim is useless in when referring to him as "Haniya's son"?

2. What task does Aisha ask Khadija's help with in preparation for her wedding?

3. Which of the following things does not happen in the revolution that makes Fahmy's spirits soar?

4. Who dies in Chapter 63?

5. Who is the only one to have an appetite in the family in Chapter 57?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Khadija react when Aisha asks her for help sewing her wedding gown?

2. How is Kamal's life affected by the revolution according to Chapter 55?

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

4. How is Ahmad's visit with Umm Maryam described in Chapter 51?

5. Why does Fahmy believe British troops have set up camp across from Abd al-Jawad's doorstep?

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

7. What occurs when Ahmad and his sons attend the Friday prayer service in Chapter 61?

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

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

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

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