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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 three objects does Anna create as a contribution to the Egyptian renaissance?
(a) Three watercolors.
(b) Three sculptures.
(c) A tapestry, a watercolor and a sculpture.
(d) Three tapestries.

2. What odor does Isabel smell as she meets Umm Aya and Sheikh 'Isa?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Sweet cakes.
(c) Orange blossom.
(d) Cinnamon incense.

3. What puzzles Amal about Isabel's experience at the shrine?
(a) She thought Umm Aya was dead.
(b) Isabel ignores Umm Aya's advice.
(c) She thought Sheikh 'Isa was dead.
(d) The caretaker of the shrine insists that the shrine is sealed.

4. What does Anna miss about the desert in Chapter 17?
(a) The privacy of being completely alone.
(b) Its beauty.
(c) Its simplicity.
(d) The opportunity to live in a man's world.

5. What does Anna happily reveal in Chapter 24?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is going to London.
(c) She has completed her work.
(d) Sharif has received a promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Umm Aya give Isabel in "A Beginning of an End"?

2. What is "'Al-Mar'ah al-Jadidah?"

3. How does Amal honor Sharif in "An End?"

4. Why does James Barrington turn down a diplomatic posting to Syria?

5. In Chapter 26, which character gives the warning: "The knowledge of what's hidden is with God alone."

Short Essay Questions

1. What atrocity begins with the death of a few pigeons?

2. Why does Anna decide to remain in Egypt?

3. How does the Zionist movement affect the Egyptian characters in the book?

4. Why does 'Omar refuse to continue his relationship with Isabel in Chapter 22?

5. How does Emily react to Anna's decision to marry Sharif?

6. Why does Amal long to be with Anna after the bombing at the Mugama' Building?

7. Why does Amal fear for 'Omar?

8. How does Cromer react to Anna's decision to marry Sharif?

9. How does Amal honor her ancestors once her research is complete?

10. How does Anna's relationship with Layla and Sharif affect her relationship with other Britons living in Egypt?

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