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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose house does Firdaus run to when she becomes afraid of Sheikh Mahmoud?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her friend.

3. What type of degree does Firdaus hold?
(a) JD.
(b) Upper-school certificate.
(c) Secondary-school certificate.
(d) Phd.

4. What games did Firdaus play with Mohammadain in in the field?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Hide and Go Seek.
(c) Bride and Bridegroom.
(d) Tag.

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

6. What did Firdaus' father teach her to do that replaces her mother's job?
(a) Go to the field.
(b) Bake bread.
(c) Count money.
(d) Wash his legs.

7. Why is Firdaus' uncle concered about Sheikh Mahmoud?
(a) He might be too old.
(b) He might not be educated.
(c) He might be too poor.
(d) He might be too young.

8. What does Firdaus do when Sheikh Mahmoud beats her?
(a) Calls her mother.
(b) Submits.
(c) Fights back.
(d) Calls the police.

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

10. Who is Bayoumi?
(a) A banker.
(b) The coffee shop owner.
(c) Firdaus' teacher.
(d) A priest.

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

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

13. How does El Saadawi's contact get access for the author in the prison?
(a) As a lawyer.
(b) As a friend.
(c) As a guard.
(d) As a psychiatrist.

14. Where did Bayoumi insist Firdaus sleeps in the winter?
(a) His bed.
(b) The attic.
(c) Her own room.
(d) The cellar.

15. How did Sharifa Salah el Dine help Firdaus?
(a) She beat her husband.
(b) She gave her advice.
(c) She gave her money.
(d) She bought her a plane ticket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Firdaus try to tell Wafeya about Miss Iqbal?

2. What job did El Saadawi hold in 1972?

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

4. Why did Firdaus' uncle send her to boarding school?

5. What paperwork does Firdaus refuse to sign in Chapter 1?

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