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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 42-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Firdaus unlike other inmates?
(a) She is innocent.
(b) She does not wear handcuffs.
(c) She refuses to eat.
(d) She refuses to see people.

2. What did Firdaus wonder about Miss Iqbal after the night she saw her crying?
(a) If she hated her.
(b) If she told her uncle.
(c) If she forgot their time together.
(d) If she was in love with her.

3. What does the Warden tell El Saadawi in Chapter 1, when she tries to see Firdaus?
(a) The prison does not like journalists.
(b) Firdaus has some papers for her.
(c) She does not want to see her.
(d) Firdaus is already dead.

4. Why did Firdaus' uncle not want to send her to the university?
(a) It was too far away.
(b) It was co-ed.
(c) It was expensive.
(d) It was not accepting female students.

5. Why did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?
(a) She goes on a date.
(b) She stays out past curfew.
(c) She steals from the church.
(d) She asks how she could be born without a father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Firdaus beg for at the coffee shop in Chapter 2?

4. What did Firdaus see at the place her uncle takes her after graduation?

5. What women will El Saadawi meet in the prison?

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