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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 86-96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharifa Salah el Dine open Firdaus' eyes to?
(a) Past experiences.
(b) Art.
(c) Fine dining.
(d) Music.

2. What did Fawzy tell Firdaus about Sharifa Salah el Dine?
(a) Sharifa Salah el Dine is a man.
(b) Sharifa Salah el Dine is a felon.
(c) Sharifa Salah el Dine is using her for money.
(d) Sharifa Salah el Dine is going to sell the business.

3. Why did Firdaus complain about Bayoumi?
(a) He deprived her of food.
(b) He did not find her work.
(c) He made her wear pants.
(d) He beat her.

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

5. How did Firdaus feel when she entered her uncle's house for the first time?
(a) Angry.
(b) Scared.
(c) Like she was dying.
(d) Like she was being born a second time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did El Saadawi meet the person which inspires the story?

2. What happened when Firdaus saw Ibrahim again?

3. What did Firdaus' uncle teach her in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, what does the Warden tell El Saadawi in the parking lot?

5. What was Firdaus' relationship with her mother like?

(see the answer key)

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