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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor want Firdus' sentence reduced to in Chapter 1?
(a) 6 months.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) 12 months.
(d) Death.

2. What did Firdaus see at the place her uncle takes her after graduation?
(a) War.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) Murder.
(d) Women dancing.

3. What did Firdaus' uncle teach her in Chapter 2?
(a) How to run.
(b) How to make sandwhiches.
(c) How to play tennis.
(d) How to read and write.

4. In what year does El Saadawi go to prison?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1945,

5. What job did El Saadawi hold in 1972?
(a) Director of General Hospital.
(b) CEO of MAIN.
(c) Director of Health Education.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Firdaus feel about herself in Chapter 2?

2. How did Firdaus feel when she entered her uncle's house for the first time?

3. Why is Firdaus unlike other inmates?

4. What did her uncle tell Firdaus is a sin in Chapter 2?

5. What does El Saadawi try to convince herself of in Chapter 1 as she walks back to the car?

(see the answer key)

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