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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What item of Anna's does Amal find?
(a) Her scarf.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Her basket.
(d) Her house.

6. What does the black column in the ancient church that Anna visits represent?
(a) Death.
(b) Satan.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Judas Iscariot.

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

8. What game are Professor Yusuf and Mahgoub al-Tilmisani playing in the Atelier 'am Ghazzali?
(a) Chess.
(b) Senet.
(c) Seega.
(d) Backgammon.

9. How does 'Who's Who" describe Omar?
(a) As a politician and lecturer.
(b) As a gambling mogul.
(c) As a musician and a writer.
(d) As a talk show host.

10. What fears does Emily have about living in Alexandria?
(a) She is frightened of the way men stare at her on the street.
(b) She fears being abducted and sold into slavery.
(c) She fears being caught in the middle of the revolution.
(d) She is afraid of catching a disease or eating spoiled food.

11. What are Sir Charles' views on the occupation of Egypt?
(a) He accepts the occupation as part of the natural order.
(b) He vigorously assists the agency in maintaining the occupation.
(c) He is in favor of the occupation.
(d) He opposes the occupation.

12. What does Sharif give Anna the night they sit in the garden outside St. Catherine's Monastery?
(a) A kiss on her hand.
(b) A blue journal.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

13. What language do Layla and Anna have in common?
(a) Itallian.
(b) Arabic.
(c) English.
(d) French.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Amal al-Ghamrawi when she has her terrifying dream?

2. What has the house in Amal's dream become?

3. What is the haramlek?

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

5. Who does Isabel long to be romantically involved with?

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