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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Anna's husband stationed while fighting in the war?
(a) Israel.
(b) Palestine.
(c) The Sudan.
(d) Iraq.

3. Who is Armand Demange?
(a) The French identity Anna wants to assume as she travels to Sinai.
(b) Head of the Mustafa family.
(c) A policeman in Cairo.
(d) A Frenchman Anna meets on the train to Suez.

4. Where are Anna's captors sent to sleep?
(a) In the yard.
(b) In the stables.
(c) In a shrine.
(d) In the kitchen.

5. Why does Amal sleep poorly the night she reads about Anna and Sharif in the garden outside St. Catherine's Monastery?
(a) She hears the shouts of protestors in the street below.
(b) She is thinking about meeting Irving in London.
(c) She is wondering what will happen next to Anna.
(d) She drank too much tea while reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does 'Who's Who" describe Omar?

2. What happens to Edward in Chapter 3?

3. What does Professor Yusuf claim brings meaning to life?

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

5. Where does Jasmine live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jasmine shock Isabel in Chapter 5?

2. How does Anna's appearance contribute to her kidnapping in Chapter 10?

3. What happened to Sharif's first marriage?

4. How does Isabel react to the events she experiences on her trip to Tawasi?

5. In the early 20th century, how do the roles of men and women differ in Egypt?

6. What does Anna plan to do once she is released by her abductors?

7. Why are the schools and clinic in Tawasi closed in Chapter 11?

8. How is 'Omar described at the beginning of the book?

9. Why does Anna visit Rome in January of 1900?

10. According to the men at the Atelier 'am Ghazzali, how do the events of the early 20th century affect the political climate of Egypt in the late 20th century?

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