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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 is it impossible for all single women to know?
(a) All the men in magazines.
(b) How to marry.
(c) All the women in magazines.
(d) How to kill.

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

3. What magazine did El Saadawi work for in the 1970's?
(a) Health.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Cosmopolitan.
(d) Time.

4. What contact does El Saadawi have at an Egyptian prison?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A guard.
(c) A doctor.
(d) The warden.

5. How did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?
(a) She cuts off her toe.
(b) She cuts off her hand.
(c) Genital mutilation.
(d) She bruises her face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Firdaus' father do if a male child died?

2. What does the warden believe about Firdaus?

3. What job did Firdaus obtain after many years of abuse?

4. Why did Firdaus' uncle send her to boarding school?

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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