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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did her uncle tell Firdaus is a sin in Chapter 2?
(a) Lying.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Murder and greed.
(d) Kissing and nudity.

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

5. In what year does El Saadawi go to prison?
(a) 1945,
(b) 1981.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1992.

6. What instructions does Firdaus give El Saadawi at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Ask questions.
(b) Close your eyes.
(c) Do not look her in the eyes.
(d) Do not interrupt.

7. What job does El Saadawi hold that led her to meet Firdaus?
(a) Researcher.
(b) Therapist.
(c) Guard.
(d) Priest.

8. Why did Firdaus go to jail?
(a) Killing a man.
(b) Killing her child.
(c) Killing a woman.
(d) Stealing a loaf of bread.

9. How does Firdaus feel about her "unknown journey" in Chapter 2?
(a) Proud.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Scared.

10. How did Miss Iqbal treat Firdaus after the night she saw her crying?
(a) She received special privileges.
(b) With anger.
(c) Like the other students.
(d) Kindly.

11. Why did the uncles' wife beat the girls in Chapter 2?
(a) They ate chocolate.
(b) They shared a bed.
(c) They were dirty.
(d) They stole food.

12. Why is Firdaus in jail?
(a) Embezzling.
(b) Murder.
(c) Political crimes.
(d) Theft.

13. What does Firdaus do to the pictures of men in magazines?
(a) Rips them to pieces.
(b) Draws on them.
(c) Kisses them.
(d) Spits on them.

14. What magazine did El Saadawi work for in the 1970's?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Health.
(c) Time.
(d) Cosmopolitan.

15. What paperwork does Firdaus refuse to sign in Chapter 1?
(a) Appeals.
(b) Adoption papers.
(c) Divorce papers.
(d) Bail papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Iqbal?

2. Why did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?

3. What job was Firdaus successful at?

4. Why did Firdaus' uncle not want to send her to the university?

5. Why does Firdaus give El Saadawi these instructions in Chapter 2?

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