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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 Ahmad forbid Fahmy to do in Chapter 62?
(a) Get married.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Be politically involved.

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

3. What does Iffat demand of Ahmad when he visits him in Chapter 60?
(a) Ahmad's death.
(b) Free goods.
(c) Yasin's arrest.
(d) A divorce.

4. What is the name of Yasin's new bride?
(a) Zubayda.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Jalila.
(d) Zaynab.

5. Whose daughter does Ahmad announce Yasin will marry?
(a) Iffat's.
(b) Widow Shawcat's.
(c) Hasan's.
(d) Jamil's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zaynab sleep after catching Yasin with Nur?

2. What does Ahmad say he does not do to his friends that take wives and daughters on outings with them?

3. What does Ahmad invent in order not to admit that Yasin disobeys him?

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

5. Who visits Ahmad's store and is flirtatious in Chapter 51?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Umm Maryam's visit to Ahmad's store described in Chapter 35?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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