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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 does Sheikh Salim ibn Husayn offer Anna and Sharif in Chapter 15?
(a) His camels.
(b) His third wife.
(c) His hospitality.
(d) A ride to Mt. Sinai.

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

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

4. What talent makes Omar famous?
(a) Weaving.
(b) Dance.
(c) Music.
(d) Writing.

5. 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 and his father are both dead.
(c) His Uncle Mustafa is dead and his father is in hiding.
(d) His Uncle Mustafa is in political exile and his father is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game are Professor Yusuf and Mahgoub al-Tilmisani playing in the Atelier 'am Ghazzali?

2. What is the Nugb Hawa?

3. What happens to the car while Amal and Isabel are traveling to Amal's house?

4. Where was Anna's husband stationed while fighting in the war?

5. Where does Isabel want Amal to accompany her in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Amal and 'Omar became separated from their Egyptian heritage.

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

3. What political goals does Sharif strive towards?

4. Why does Anna have an unhappy marriage with Edward?

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

6. Describe Egypt's government in the early 20th century.

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

8. How is Anna similar to Amal?

9. What request do the women of Tawasi make of Isabel?

10. How does Anna's appearance change as she travels to Sinai?

(see the answer keys)

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