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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Firdaus hate men?
(a) They did not pay for services.
(b) She felt they thought they were superior.
(c) She felt they thought they were inferior.
(d) They did not hold the door for her.

2. Where did Firdaus stay all the time while at Sharifa Salah el Dine's home?
(a) In her room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In the attic.

3. What did Firdaus learn about marriage?
(a) It is bliss.
(b) She should have not left her husband.
(c) It is a system based on suffering.
(d) She needs a divorce.

4. What did Sharifa Salah el Dine tell Firdaus she must not have while working?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Pain.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

5. Why did the Arab man call the police on Firdaus?
(a) She stabbed him.
(b) She shot him.
(c) She hit him.
(d) She stole from him.

6. What did Firdaus feel when she spent the night with the men Sharifa Salah el Dine brought to her?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pain.
(c) Joy.
(d) Giddy.

7. What happened when Firdaus saw Ibrahim again?
(a) He beat her.
(b) He had five children.
(c) He tried to bed her.
(d) He ignored her.

8. What did Firdaus realize about revolutionary men?
(a) They are no different.
(b) They have more money.
(c) They are different.
(d) They have more power.

9. What did Firdaus enjoy discussing with her friends?
(a) Food.
(b) Pop music.
(c) Arts.
(d) Politics.

10. Why did Firdaus believe she was sentenced to death?
(a) Men are afraid to let her live.
(b) Her life is worthless.
(c) She committed a crime.
(d) Women are afraid to let her live.

11. What did Firdaus claim taught her to kill?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Life.
(c) Her father.
(d) School.

12. What did Marzouk try to take from Firdaus?
(a) A book.
(b) Money.
(c) Her phone.
(d) Her customers.

13. What was Ibrahim a chairman of?
(a) A revolutionary group.
(b) A school.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A car buisness.

14. Who approached Firdaus in a luxury car while she walked down the street?
(a) A banker.
(b) A prince.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A doctor.

15. When did Firdaus see Ibrahim again?
(a) Ten years later.
(b) She never saw him again.
(c) Four years later.
(d) One year later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did El Saadawi step on the break quickly at the end of Chapter 3?

2. What does Firdaus say at the start of Chapter 3?

3. What job did Firdaus take with the industrial company?

4. What did Firdaus realize at the restaurant while she ate?

5. What did Firdaus' co-worker tell her about love?

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