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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game are Prince Ahmad Fuad and Prince Yusuf Kamal playing at the Club Muhammad 'Ali?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Pool.
(c) Chess.
(d) Senet.

2. How is Layla related to Amal?
(a) They are not related.
(b) She is Amal's great-aunt.
(c) She is Amal's grandmother.
(d) She is the first cousin of Amal's grandmother.

3. Which character proves to be a helpful friend to Anna in Alexandria?
(a) Emily.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Amal.
(d) James.

4. While on their way to Amal's house, what do Amal and Isabel see that frightens them?
(a) Three bound, bloodied peasants being corralled roughly by the authorities.
(b) The authorities beating a group of student protestors.
(c) Fires being set to schools and a clinic.
(d) Three bodies of bound, bloodied peasants lying on the side of the road.

5. What publication does Anna become involved with after her wedding?
(a) Al-Ahram Hebdo, a French-language weekly newspaper.
(b) A start-up French/Arabic women's magazine.
(c) Akher Sa'a, a government owned weekly newspaper.
(d) Akhbar al-Adab, a political magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mashrabiyya?

2. Who will perform Anna and Sharif's wedding ceremony?

3. What is Prince Yusuf Kamal's favorite saying?

4. Who insists on accompanying Anna to Sinai?

5. What separates Egyptian women from men in the ballroom?

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