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

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

3. What happened to Firdaus when her name was called at graduation.
(a) She yelled with excitement.
(b) She froze.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She cried.

4. What job did Firdaus' father hold?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Plumber.
(c) Laywer.
(d) Farmer.

5. What is El Saadawi's impression of prison?
(a) Gloomy.
(b) Scary.
(c) Boring.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of degree does Firdaus hold?

3. Who is Firdaus?

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

5. Where did Firdaus' uncle take her after she graduated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Firdaus sent to jail?

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

3. Is the story "Woman at Point Zero" fiction or non-fiction? How do you know this?

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

5. What was Firdaus' family like?

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

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

8. How did Firdaus feel about her upcoming marriage?

9. What is Firdaus' initial reaction to El Saadawi's interest in her story?

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

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