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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Amal and Isabel discover carved into the baptismal font at the Mu'allaqah?

2. What is the mashrabiyya?

3. How are Amal and Isabel different?

4. What do Amal and Isabel have in common?

5. Which character proves to be a helpful friend to Anna in Alexandria?

Short Essay Questions

1. What fears does Deena have about the Israelis?

2. Why does Isabel bring a trunk to Amal?

3. How does Anna's appearance change as she travels to Sinai?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Egyptian culture affect Anna?

9. How is Anna described in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Anna and Amal. What aspects of Anna are evident in Amal before she reads the journals? How does Amal's research into Anna's life affect her character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of education in the novel. What roles do gender, politics, and religion have on education? In light of all these factors, where do most upper class Egyptians send their children to school, and why?

Essay Topic 3

How does Anna cope with the loss of each husband? Describe Anna's emotional state after Edward's death. How does she cope with his loss? Describe Anna's emotional state after Sharif's death. How does she cope with his loss? Based on her reaction to each husband's death, which man does she appear to love the most, and why?

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