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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel announce is happening to her mother in Chapter 4?
(a) Her mother is undergoing chemotherapy.
(b) Her mother is dying.
(c) Her mother will join them the next day.
(d) Her mother has left her father.

2. How are Amal and Isabel different?
(a) Isabel is Jewish and Amal is Palestinian.
(b) Amal is Jewish and Isabel is Palestinian.
(c) Amal is ten years older than Isabel.
(d) Isabel is ten years older than Amal.

3. What talent makes Omar famous?
(a) Writing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Music.
(d) Weaving.

4. Why does Anna go to Alexandria in Chapter 6?
(a) To write a book about women's rights.
(b) To visit her homeland.
(c) To tour the country.
(d) To visit her estranged husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Amal born?

2. Which character helps Anna learn Arabic?

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

4. When Anna wakes in Chapter 12, where does she feel like she has been placed?

5. What is the haramlek?

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