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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the warden believe about Firdaus?
(a) She is insane.
(b) She killed her brother.
(c) She deserves to hang.
(d) She does not deserve to hang.

2. What women will El Saadawi meet in the prison?
(a) Those who suffer mental illness.
(b) Those who are drug users.
(c) Women who steal.
(d) Only women who murder.

3. How did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?
(a) Genital mutilation.
(b) She cuts off her toe.
(c) She bruises her face.
(d) She cuts off her hand.

4. What did Firdaus want to tell her uncle in Chapter 2?
(a) She is dating a boy.
(b) She loved him.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) She hates him.

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

6. What could Sheikh Mahmoud offer Firdaus' uncle?
(a) Five cows.
(b) A large dowry.
(c) A new car.
(d) A new business.

7. How many times does El Saadawi try to go to the prison in Chapter 1?
(a) Once.
(b) 2.
(c) 50.
(d) Several.

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 2, who was Wafeya in love with?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) The quarterback.
(c) Her uncles' friend.
(d) Her brother.

12. In Chapter 1, what does the Warden tell El Saadawi in the parking lot?
(a) Firdaus won't see her.
(b) Firdaus was hanged.
(c) He wants to go on a date.
(d) Firdaus will see her.

13. Who slept on the floor in Firdaus' room in Chapter 2?
(a) A servant boy.
(b) A servant girl.
(c) El Saadawi.
(d) A dog.

14. Who did Firdaus hope to see at the playground the night of her graduation?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Miss Iqbal.
(d) Wafeya.

15. How did Firdaus hide her fears?
(a) Under makeup.
(b) She does not speak.
(c) Split personalities.
(d) Comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Firdaus do to the pictures of men in magazines?

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

3. How did Miss Iqbal treat Firdaus after the night she saw her crying?

4. What type of degree does Firdaus hold?

5. How does El Saadawi feel when she meets Firdaus for the first time?

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