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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 did Sharifa Salah el Dine help Firdaus?
(a) She gave her advice.
(b) She gave her money.
(c) She bought her a plane ticket.
(d) She beat her husband.

2. What type of degree does Firdaus hold?
(a) Secondary-school certificate.
(b) Phd.
(c) JD.
(d) Upper-school certificate.

3. What river did Firdaus watch from her window every day?
(a) Nile.
(b) El-Agrabi.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Tigress.

4. In Chapter 1, what does the Warden tell El Saadawi in the parking lot?
(a) Firdaus will see her.
(b) He wants to go on a date.
(c) Firdaus was hanged.
(d) Firdaus won't see her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?

2. What did Firdaus want to tell her uncle in Chapter 2?

3. What did Firdaus feel when she spent the night with the men Sharifa Salah el Dine brought to her?

4. What job does El Saadawi hold that led her to meet Firdaus?

5. What did Firdaus' father teach her to do that replaces her mother's job?

(see the answer key)

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