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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. Which character has nominal rule over Egypt in Chapter 6?
(a) The Ottoman Sultan.
(b) King Edward VII.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Queen Victoria.

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

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

4. Who does Isabel long to be romantically involved with?
(a) Ahab.
(b) Omar.
(c) Sharif.
(d) Edward.

5. Where is Amal's house located?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Suez.
(c) Tawasi.
(d) Tima.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Sharif's first marriage last?

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

3. Where are Anna's captors sent to sleep?

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

5. Which friend of Amal's is carrying her fifth child in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tareq offend Amal?

3. How does the scenery of Egypt affect Anna?

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

5. How is Amal related to Isabel?

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

7. Why does Isabel bring a trunk to Amal?

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

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

10. How does Anna and Sharif's relationship change at St. Catherine's monastery?

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