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

2. What do Amal and Isabel have in common?
(a) Both want to live in London.
(b) Both are orphans and have lost family.
(c) Both are pregnant.
(d) Both have a Jewish heritage.

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

4. How does Anna dress on the train to Suez?
(a) As a French man.
(b) As an Egyptian woman.
(c) As an English man.
(d) As an Egyptian man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jasmine live?

3. Which character does Isabel love?

4. What would Isabel like to create using Anna's journals?

5. What does Amal discover that matches one of Omar's possessions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jasmine shock Isabel in Chapter 5?

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

3. Why does Anna visit Egypt?

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

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

6. How does the scenery of Egypt affect Anna?

7. Describe the relationships between Egyptian Christians and Muslims in the early 20th century.

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

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

10. How does Tareq offend Amal?

(see the answer keys)

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