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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. Who chaperones Kamal to and from school during the revolution?

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

3. What is the content of the poem that Yasin is moved by?

4. Who dies in Chapter 63?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the nature of Iffat's visit to Ahmad's store in Chapter 60?

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

Compare and contrast Ahmad's dual personalities with his family and outside in public. How is the reader able to know Ahmad's true nature based on the secret fantasies he has about others in public?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the nature of ritual in Ahmad's home. Why does Ahmad's family agree to perform the daily rituals and chores he demands of them?

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