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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Sharif wait for before he can set up a school?
(a) Electicity to be restored.
(b) An accepted bribe by government officials.
(c) Spring.
(d) A testimonial from Muhammad 'Abdu.

2. What is the haramlek?
(a) A latticework screen used in many Egyptian households.
(b) The part of an Egyptian house occupied and governed by women.
(c) A type of headgear worn by Egyptian men.
(d) A type of Egyptian hammock.

3. How does the carriage driver in Chapter 23 offend Sharif?
(a) By referring to his house as "the house of the Englishwoman."
(b) By driving off without offering him change for his fare.
(c) By referring to his wife as an "English trophy."
(d) By refusing to talk to him.

4. What does Professor Yusuf claim brings meaning to life?
(a) Children.
(b) Faith.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Love.

5. When Anna's captors discover her identity, which character takes charge of her?
(a) Sharif.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Layla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Arwa Salih?

2. How does Anna disguise herself as she travels to the Mameluke tombs?

3. What game are Professor Yusuf and Mahgoub al-Tilmisani playing in the Atelier 'am Ghazzali?

4. What controversial issues are discussed at the Ramadan dinner in Chapter 23?

5. What does Amal find in the small blue book she removes from the trunk?

(see the answer key)

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