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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Amal born?
(a) New York.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Israel.
(d) Palestine.

3. Where does Jasmine live?
(a) In an Alzheimer's home.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a cancer ward in London.
(d) In California.

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

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

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

7. What is the Nugb Hawa?
(a) The difficult, but beautiful path to St. Catherine's Monastery.
(b) The spire of St. Catherine's Monastery.
(c) A relic of the early church housed in St. Catherine's Monastery.
(d) The garden at St. Catherine's Monastery.

8. By what famous landmark does Anna have a picnic?
(a) The Citadel.
(b) The Great Pyramid.
(c) The Sphinx
(d) St. Catherine's Monastery.

9. Which mentally challenged character does Isabel visit in Chapter 5?
(a) Omar.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Amal.
(d) Anna.

10. In "An End of a Beginning", why does the mechanic refuse payment for his services?
(a) He wants Amal to introduce him to Isabel.
(b) He is Amal's cousin.
(c) He is entranced by Isabel's light blue eyes.
(d) He is too proud to be perceived as poor by a foreigner.

11. When Anna wakes in Chapter 12, where does she feel like she has been placed?
(a) In a nightmare.
(b) In prison.
(c) Inside a tomb.
(d) In a favorite Oriental painting.

12. Which Egyptian god did King Akhen Atun and Queen Nefertiti want to worship?
(a) Anubis.
(b) Atun.
(c) Osiris.
(d) Amon-Ra.

13. How did Sharif come to be head of the Baroudi family?
(a) His Uncle Mustafa is in political exile and his father is in hiding.
(b) His Uncle Mustafa is in political exile and his father is dead.
(c) His Uncle Mustafa and his father are both dead.
(d) His Uncle Mustafa is dead and his father is in hiding.

14. How does Amal compare Americans to Britons in Chapter 7?
(a) Both cultures are too quick to embrace change.
(b) Both cultures want things done their way.
(c) Both cultures are lazy.
(d) Both cultures refuse to adapt to new languages.

15. Why does Ahmad leave Palestine and return to Egypt?
(a) He loses his land when Israel is unified in 1948.
(b) His father is dying.
(c) His mother is dying.
(d) His uncle offers him a job in his shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did 'Urabi Basha lead a revolt?

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

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

4. Why does Anna go to Alexandria in Chapter 6?

5. While on their way to Amal's house, what do Amal and Isabel see that frightens them?

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