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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 separates Egyptian women from men in the ballroom?
(a) A grill.
(b) A curtain.
(c) A solid wall.
(d) Guards.

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

3. What does Professor Yusuf claim brings meaning to life?
(a) Struggle.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Children.

4. What is the mashrabiyya?
(a) The part of an Egyptian house occupied and governed by women.
(b) A type of Egyptian hammock.
(c) A type of headgear worn by Egyptian men.
(d) A latticework screen used in many Egyptian households.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Amal's house located?

2. How does Husni like to solve problems?

3. How does Amal get Isabel into the Atelier 'am Ghazzali?

4. Where does Isabel plan to go for the millennium celebration?

5. How does Amal compare Americans to Britons in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Egyptian culture affect Anna?

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

3. Why does Anna visit Egypt?

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

5. How is Anna described in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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