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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 54-67.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does El Saadawi feel when she meets Firdaus for the first time?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

2. What did Firdaus realize at the restaurant while she ate?
(a) She wanted to return to school.
(b) She was happy.
(c) She needed to move to Paris.
(d) No one had ever not watched her eat.

3. In Chapter 2, who was Wafeya in love with?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her uncles' friend.
(c) Her brother.
(d) The quarterback.

4. Why did Firdaus' uncle send her to boarding school?
(a) He was angry with her.
(b) It is required by law.
(c) He didn't pay a bill.
(d) It is a better education.

5. What does the warden believe about Firdaus?
(a) She deserves to hang.
(b) She is insane.
(c) She does not deserve to hang.
(d) She killed her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bayoumi offer Firdaus?

2. What is it impossible for all single women to know?

3. What did Fawzy tell Firdaus about Sharifa Salah el Dine?

4. What does the doctor want Firdus' sentence reduced to in Chapter 1?

5. What did Firdaus do every time she spent the night with Sheikh Mahmoud?

(see the answer key)

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