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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bayoumi offer Firdaus help in finding?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) A job.
(d) Her mother.

2. Why did Firdaus' uncle laugh when Firdus asked him to take her to El Azhar?
(a) It's a school for men.
(b) It is too far away.
(c) It is a school for nurses.
(d) She is too young.

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

4. How did Firdaus treat her studies at school?
(a) She treated school like a joke.
(b) She skipped classes.
(c) She studied hard.
(d) She hardly studied.

5. After she spoke with Di'aa, what did Firdaus realize about herself?
(a) She is mean.
(b) Her work is important.
(c) She is pretty.
(d) Her work is not respectable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does El Saadawi describe her emotions at the start of Chapter 3?

2. What did Sharifa Salah el Dine tell Firdaus she must not have while working?

3. Who didn't want Firdaus to stay at her uncle's home after graduation?

4. Who signed Firdaus' graduation certificate?

5. Who interrupted Firdaus' packing in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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