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

2. Who dies in Chapter 63?

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

4. What does Amina's mother believe should have happened when her sons bring her a pardon to return home?

5. What is Yasin filled with on the day of his wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Jalia confront Ahmad about when she joins the men's party during Aisha's marriage celebration?

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

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

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

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

Much of the end of the book focuses on the nature of Egyptian politics and the nationalist movement happening in 1919.

Part 1.) What is the nature of the nationalist movement in Cairo in 1919?

Part 2.) What does the reader learn about the nationalist movement from Fahmy's speeches in the book?

Part 3.) What role does the British troops' presence in the book in regards to the nationalist movement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of martyrdom in the book, focusing on Fahmy's journey of becoming a martyr and the obstacles he overcame. What is the country's true feelings towards martyrs based on the nature of Fahmy's burial in the book?

Essay Topic 3

The concept of marriage is one subject that is discussed by numerous characters throughout the book, each with his/her own ideas of what it represents.

Part 1.) How do characters like Aisha and Khadija feel about the notion of marriage?

Part 2.) What reasons does Ahmad have for not allowing his children to be married when they wish?

Part 3.) What is telling about the nature of marriage in the book based on Yasin's experience?

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