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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Amal and Isabel have in common?
(a) Both are orphans and have lost family.
(b) Both are pregnant.
(c) Both want to live in London.
(d) Both have a Jewish heritage.

3. What city does Anna visit with Lady Caroline Burke in January of 1900?
(a) Rome.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) London.
(d) Cairo.

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

5. What does Anna ride as she travels into the Sinai desert?
(a) A donkey.
(b) An Arabian mare.
(c) A camel.
(d) A jeep.

6. How does Husni like to solve problems?
(a) By approaching the head of the family.
(b) With a gun.
(c) By fighting.
(d) Through discussion.

7. Which character does Isabel love?
(a) Omar.
(b) Amal.
(c) Charles.
(d) Edward.

8. 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) Fires being set to schools and a clinic.
(c) Three bodies of bound, bloodied peasants lying on the side of the road.
(d) The authorities beating a group of student protestors.

9. Which friend of Amal's is carrying her fifth child in Chapter 8?
(a) Anna.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Emily.
(d) Tahiyya.

10. What has Isabel brought with her from New York?
(a) A trunk.
(b) A letter.
(c) An album.
(d) A book.

11. What does Layla pack into Anna's saddleback before Anna leaves for Sinai?
(a) A gun.
(b) A silk dress.
(c) A knife.
(d) A green journal.

12. How does Anna dress on the train to Suez?
(a) As an Egyptian man.
(b) As an English man.
(c) As an Egyptian woman.
(d) As a French man.

13. How does Anna dress after she crosses the Suez Canal?
(a) As an English man.
(b) As an Egyptian woman.
(c) As an Egyptian man.
(d) As a French man.

14. How does Anna disguise herself as she travels to the Mameluke tombs?
(a) As an Egyptian woman.
(b) As an Egyptian man.
(c) As a palace servant.
(d) As an English gentleman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country rules Egypt in Chapter 6?

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

3. What does Isabel announce is happening to her mother in Chapter 4?

4. Who is Sharif?e

5. Why does Anna visit the South Kensington Museum?

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