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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Firdaus executed?

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

3. Why did Firdaus go to jail?

4. Who did El Saadawi know that was in prison?

5. What did Firdaus' uncle teach her in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Firdaus' graduation?

2. How did Sharifa Salah el Dine help Firdaus after she escaped from Bayoumi?

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

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

5. Why does El Saadawi refuse to believe Firdaus died?

6. How did Firdaus react after spending the night with Sheikh Mahmoud ? Why did she react this way?

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

8. What happens between Firdaus and her uncle on cold nights?

9. How did El Saadawi finally meet Firdaus?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact did Firdaus' mother and father have on her life? Describe the personalities of each parent and how their personalities effected Firdaus.

Essay Topic 2

How does description play a role in an author's work? How does the author use description to draw the reader into the story? What are some examples where the description does not work?

Essay Topic 3

When considering El Saadawi's life, where do you believe she found the inspiration for this book? What does this book cause you to think about the author's life? What do you believe El Saadawi set out to achieve with this book? Did she accomplish it?

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