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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "'Al-Mar'ah al-Jadidah?"
(a) A new political organization that holds conservative views of Arabic women.
(b) A new political organization that holds progressive views of Arabic women
(c) A new song describing the changing role of Arabic women.
(d) A new book about the future role of Arabic women in the 20th century.

2. How does Amal get Isabel into the Atelier 'am Ghazzali?
(a) She tells Professor Yusuf that Isabel is her sister-in-law.
(b) She claims Isabel is on a political march.
(c) She dresses Isabel as an Egyptian woman.
(d) She bribes Mahgoub al-Tilmisani.

3. Why is Sharif cautious about greeting Dr. Milton Bey?
(a) Dr. Bey might be a British spy.
(b) Dr. Bey's patients have a high mortality rate.
(c) He is concerned for Anna's safety.
(d) Being friendly to a British man might damage his reputation.

4. What does Amal find in the small blue book she removes from the trunk?
(a) A financial account of Anna's journey through Egypt.
(b) Two months of missing journal entries.
(c) Sketches from Anna's journey through Egypt.
(d) A journal written by Sharif.

5. In Chapter 23, where does Sharif fear his father may soon go?
(a) New York.
(b) The family tomb.
(c) Prison.
(d) Cairo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Amal sleep poorly the night she reads about Anna and Sharif in the garden outside St. Catherine's Monastery?

2. What must Sharif wait for before he can set up a school?

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

4. How does the carriage driver in Chapter 23 offend Sharif?

5. How are Amal and Isabel related?

(see the answer key)

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