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

2. What type of degree does Firdaus hold?

3. What did Bayoumi offer Firdaus help in finding?

4. In Chapter 1, what does the Warden tell El Saadawi in the parking lot?

5. What is it impossible for all single women to know?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Firdaus spit on and why?

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

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

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

5. What study led El Saadawi to find Firdaus?

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

7. What was Firdaus's relationship with her uncle when she lived with her parents?

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

9. How did El Saadawi finally meet Firdaus?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the relationship Firdaus had with both Ibrahim and her teacher from boarding school. Why was she unable to express her feelings for these two people in words?

Essay Topic 2

Describe one central conflict in El-Saadawi book. How does this conflict effect the actions of Firdaus?

Essay Topic 3

What role does religion play in El Saadawi's book? Choose two individuals and explain their opinion of religion and how religion influences their lives.

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