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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahmad feel singled out by the preacher's call to at prayer service?

2. What are the prisoners that Ahmad reacts to in Chapter 53 arrested for?

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

4. How does Yasin feel when he discovers his father cheating on his mother in Chapter 39?

5. What does Iffat demand of Ahmad when he visits him in Chapter 60?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Ahmad tell Khadija just before she is married?

7. What do Kamal and Umm Hanafi tell the others happened when they were chased by British troops?

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

9. How is Yasin's wedding reception described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of submission in the book, notably through Ahmad and Amina's relationship. What might Amina feel that submitting to her husband would represent in terms of her culture and social beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role fate plays in the lives of Ahmad's children who refuse to argue with his rules, especially about marriage. What is telling of Aisha based on her decision to leave being married up to fate?

Essay Topic 3

The subject of religion is discussed on many levels, including Amina's piety, the presence of holy figures, and talk of the Qur'an.

Part 1.) How does Amina represent pious and religious behavior in the book?

Part 2.) What purpose might the author have for including holy figures like al-Husayn and the sheikhs in the book?

Part 3.) What role does the Qur'an play in the book?

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