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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna miss about the desert in Chapter 17?
(a) The opportunity to live in a man's world.
(b) Its simplicity.
(c) The privacy of being completely alone.
(d) Its beauty.

2. What controversial issues are discussed at the Ramadan dinner in Chapter 23?
(a) The adoption of British customs and practices in government.
(b) The education of women and the use of the veil.
(c) The roles of religion and culture in government.
(d) The use of force during political protests and political ideals.

3. Who is Hasna?
(a) An Egyptian police officer symapthetic to the British.
(b) The maid given to Anna by Zeinab.
(c) Isabel's new daughter.
(d) Sharif's first wife.

4. What does Anna remove on May 17th, 1901?
(a) Her eyeglasses.
(b) Her Western shoes.
(c) Her Western clothing.
(d) Edward's wedding ring.

5. What incident sparks a bloody shootout between British troops and the fellaheen?
(a) Pigeon shooting.
(b) A terrorist bombing.
(c) A museum closing.
(d) The arrest of an Arabic woman.

6. Why does Sharif buy Anna English-style trees to plant in their garden?
(a) Anna is homesick for England.
(b) They are unable to walk in the public parks together.
(c) They are a wedding present.
(d) Anna wants her children to understand English culture.

7. Which characters prepare Anna on her "Henna Day"?
(a) Amal and Isabel.
(b) Layla and Zeinab.
(c) Husni and Shukri.
(d) Emily and Caroline.

8. What does Layla feel has dominated the lives of her family members?
(a) Religion.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Children.
(d) Politics.

9. What is Ahmad's gifting that Anna writes about in Chapter 24?
(a) Music.
(b) Oration.
(c) Art.
(d) Writing.

10. Why are 'Am Abu el-Ma'ti and seventeen other men arrested in Chapter 26?
(a) The Imam declares them to be infidels.
(b) They are suspects in the museum robbery.
(c) Because over fifty tourists have been murdered in Luxor.
(d) The British government suspects they are staging a coup.

11. What is Prince Yusuf Kamal's favorite saying?
(a) Egypt will prevail.
(b) When will it all end?
(c) What will be will be.
(d) Where has it all gone?

12. In Chapter 23, where does Sharif fear his father may soon go?
(a) Prison.
(b) Cairo.
(c) The family tomb.
(d) New York.

13. What memento from Anna's wedding does Abdu find in the trunk?
(a) An Egyptian wedding dress.
(b) A pressed flower from Anna's wedding bouquet.
(c) Anna and Sharif's wedding program, written in Arabic.
(d) Anna's Arabic and French marriage contracts.

14. What stipulation does Lord Cromer want to place on Sharif and Anna's marriage?
(a) All of their children will be considerd Arabs.
(b) They are only a registered couple while in Egypt.
(c) Sharif will not take another wife while married to Anna.
(d) Anna has the right to leave the marriage without penalty.

15. In Chapter 26, what news does Isabel deliver to Amal over the phone?
(a) She is moving back to Egypt.
(b) She and 'Omar are engaged.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Cromer?

2. What does 'Omar buy Amal in Chapter 24?

3. What puzzles Amal about Isabel's experience at the shrine?

4. Why must Sharif's community projects be privately funded?

5. Which character do Anna and Sharif plan to visit while in Europe?

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