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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bayoumi offer Firdaus?
(a) Gold.
(b) Money.
(c) Tea and biscuits.
(d) A place to stay.

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

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

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

5. Who introduces El Saadawi to Firdaus?
(a) A friend.
(b) A guard.
(c) A police man.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sheikh Mahmoud beat Firdaus with the time she ran to the streets?

2. How did Firdaus feel about herself in Chapter 2?

3. Why did Firdaus go to jail?

4. How did Firdaus stay warm on the cold nights at her uncles' house?

5. Who did Firdaus meet by the river after escaping Bayoumi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at Firdaus' graduation ceremony? Why did she freeze?

2. How did Firdaus' mother hurt her and why?

3. Why did Firdaus' uncle change? How did he change?

4. Why did Firdaus' uncle return Firdaus to Sheikh Mahmoud?

5. Who did Firdaus spit on and why?

6. Why did Firdaus' uncle not want to send her to the university? What did his wife suggest?

7. What was El Saadawi's initial meeting with Firdaus like?

8. How did Sheikh Mahmoud treat Firdaus?

9. What study led El Saadawi to find Firdaus?

10. Why was Firdaus able to maintain her sanity at her uncle and husband's home?

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