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This test consists of 10 short essay questions.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the al do to babies and their mothers after they captured them?

2. What other role did Abla play in this case, according to Chapter 5?

3. What does the iron do to the al?

4. What other things did the people of Cairo smuggle into the city according to Chapter 4?

5. The Superintendent's family used power in the wrong way. Explain.

6. How does Abla help the agents after they had gathered information from Madaam Mariam?

7. What was the role of the boilerplate eunuch according to the novella?

8. What wer the names given to the Alks in other communities?

9. What was Superintendent Bashir's reaction when Hamed and Onsi questioned him about the djinn?

10. How could the Zar ceremony be described?

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