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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocks Isabel in Chapter 5?
(a) Jasmine curses her.
(b) The knowledge that her mother knows Omar.
(c) The knowledge that her mother knows Amal.
(d) She sees Omar with Jasmine.

2. What country does the Khedive visit in Chapter 7?
(a) Egypt.
(b) The United States.
(c) Israel.
(d) England.

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

4. Why does the government close down the schools and clinic in Tawasi?
(a) There was an outbreak of malaria.
(b) It has declared that the teachers are subversive.
(c) The students were protesting.
(d) There is not enough money to run the programs.

5. In "An End of a Beginning", what does Isabel find in a drawer as she unpacks?
(a) A green journal.
(b) A tapestry.
(c) A blue journal.
(d) The 1919 Egyptian flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country rules Egypt in Chapter 6?

2. Why does Ahmad leave Palestine and return to Egypt?

3. Which sea does Anna view on the way to Sinai?

4. What do Amal and Isabel discover carved into the baptismal font at the Mu'allaqah?

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

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