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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 11-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Firdaus' father hold?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Laywer.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Farmer.

2. What type of clothes did Firdaus wear?
(a) Hand-me downs.
(b) Torn.
(c) Expensive.
(d) A sack.

3. What job was Firdaus successful at?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Thief.

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

5. How did Firdaus hide her fears?
(a) Under makeup.
(b) She does not speak.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Split personalities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Firdaus invite El Saadawi to sit when they meet for the first time in Chapter 1?

2. What job did El Saadawi hold in 1972?

3. Who introduces El Saadawi to Firdaus?

4. Why did Firdaus go to jail?

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

(see the answer key)

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