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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 do Amal and Isabel discover carved into the baptismal font at the Mu'allaqah?
(a) Anna's name.
(b) The hieroglyph for water.
(c) A series of numbers.
(d) The hieroglyph for purity.

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 difficult, but beautiful path to St. Catherine's Monastery.
(d) The spire of St. Catherine's Monastery.

3. Where does Isabel want Amal to accompany her in Chapter 8?
(a) London.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) New York.
(d) Cairo.

4. Why does Ahmad leave Palestine and return to Egypt?
(a) He loses his land when Israel is unified in 1948.
(b) His mother is dying.
(c) His uncle offers him a job in his shop.
(d) His father is dying.

5. What would Isabel like to create using Anna's journals?
(a) A biography.
(b) A film.
(c) A painting.
(d) A sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is torn down to modernize Egypt?

2. What city does Anna visit with Lady Caroline Burke in January of 1900?

3. Who is Emily?

4. Where does Jasmine live?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scenery of Egypt affect Anna?

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

3. Why does Anna visit Egypt?

4. What was the purpose of Anna's kidnapping?

5. How does Tareq offend Amal?

6. How is Anna similar to Amal?

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

8. How does Jasmine shock Isabel in Chapter 5?

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

10. What are Sir Charles' views of colonialism?

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