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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agent Hadia wear when she meets Fatma for the first time?
(a) Red trousers suit.
(b) Navy trousers suit.
(c) White coat and long white skirts.
(d) Black coat and long dark skirts.

2. When Fatma, Siti and Ahmad are listening to the man wearing black and a gold mask, how many of his companions come after them?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

3. When did Lord Worthington found the Brotherhood of Al-Jahiz?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1898.

4. In Chapter 15, what creatures are in the Ministry destroying the brain?
(a) Deogen.
(b) Shubin.
(c) GKhuls.
(d) Bhoot.

5. In Chapter 2, how many women in the room are Forty Leopards?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

6. What is the origin of Archibald's name "Portendorf"?
(a) Austrian.
(b) German.
(c) Bavarian.
(d) Swiss.

7. What color is Fatma's suit in Chapter 2?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Navy.
(d) White.

8. In Chapter 7, where is Fatma injured after an altercation with the man called al-Jahiz's companions?
(a) Dislocated shoulder.
(b) Cracked rib.
(c) Broken wrist.
(d) Sprained ankle.

9. In Chapter 3, how long does it take by automated wheeled carriage for Fatma to ride to Giza?
(a) About 45 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) Around 60 minutes.

10. How many men does Fatma recruit for a team to attend the Sunday night meeting for the man posing as al-Jahiz in Chapter 10?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

11. What color skin does Minya, the Jann djinn, have?
(a) Fuchsia.
(b) Maroon.
(c) Aquamarine.
(d) Crimson.

12. What is the real name of The Spot?
(a) Chrysanthemum.
(b) Hibiscus.
(c) Osmanthus.
(d) Jasmine.

13. How long has Amir been director of the Ministry?
(a) About 15 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) Over 10 years.

14. When was the wesekh that is worn by the woman killed on Worthington's estate popular?
(a) 1,500 years ago.
(b) 1,100 years ago.
(c) 2,500 years ago.
(d) 2,000 years ago.

15. In Chapter 10, over how many years has the Cemetery been built up?
(a) 1,200 years.
(b) 2,000 years.
(c) 1,500 years.
(d) 1,800 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Hadia say in Chapter 6 that she had to ring the police to get the file for the case?

2. About how many police are assembled when Fatma, Hadia, Aaksim, and the agents walk down the Cemetery's narrow streets in Chapter 10?

3. When did the printers at Al-Masri get orders one morning to dump an entire batch of morning dailies and reprint the headlines?

4. In Chapter 2, what do Saeed and Gamal have to sell Fatma?

5. What color is the skin of the archivist named Siwa?

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