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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 must be done before Firdaus meets El Saadawi?
(a) Money must exchange hands.
(b) Legal paperwork.
(c) Saadawi must beg.
(d) The doctor must convince her.

2. What case studies does El Saadawi study in Egypt?
(a) Neurosis.
(b) Education.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Cancer.

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

4. Why is Firdaus unlike other inmates?
(a) She refuses to eat.
(b) She does not wear handcuffs.
(c) She refuses to see people.
(d) She is innocent.

5. Where did El Saadawi meet the person which inspires the story?
(a) Qanatir Prison.
(b) Al-Saudi Prison.
(c) Cawal- E- Marie.
(d) Cairo State Reform Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wefeya ask Firdaus about Miss Iqbal in Chapter 2?

2. What did Bayoumi do after Firdaus complained?

3. What type of clothes did Firdaus wear?

4. What did Firdaus see at the place her uncle takes her after graduation?

5. What happened to Firdaus when her name was called at graduation.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Firdaus feel when she moved into her uncle's home? What happened when she saw the mirror?

4. Describe the boarding school that Firdaus is sent to.

5. What were Firdaus' instructions to El Saadawi and why?

6. Why is El-Saadawi interested in studying prison settings?

7. What was Firdaus' family like?

8. Why was Firdaus sent to jail?

9. What study led El Saadawi to find Firdaus?

10. Who is Bayoumi and how did he help and hurt Firdaus?

(see the answer keys)

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