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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. How does El Saadawi feel when she meets Firdaus for the first time?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Nervous.

2. Who did El Saadawi know that was in prison?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her cousin.

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

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

5. Who else does El Saadawi speak to prior to meeting Firdaus?
(a) Young children with blue eyes.
(b) Male prisoners.
(c) Cancer patients.
(d) Female prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must be done before Firdaus meets El Saadawi?

2. Why did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?

3. What does the warden believe about Firdaus?

4. How did Firdaus manage her life at the Sheikh Mahmoud and her uncle's homes?

5. Who came to see Firdaus at the playground the night of her graduation?

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