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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Salim Alwan deal with his family?
(a) He is kind and generous.
(b) He is distant and uninvolved.
(c) He is cruel and demanding.
(d) He is critical and demeaning.

2. How does Hamida react when she learns that Salim Alwan wants to marry her?
(a) Hamida determines to be loyal to Abbas.
(b) Hamida reminds Umm Hamida that she is already engaged.
(c) Hamida is pleased.
(d) Hamida is outraged.

3. What keeps Hamida from encouraging Salim Alwan?
(a) He's a married man and a father.
(b) He's too old for her.
(c) He's not handsome enough for her.
(d) He's not rich enough for her.

4. How does Zaita treat his clients?
(a) He is as cruel and vicious as possible.
(b) He is as fast and efficient as possible.
(c) He is as kind and patient as possible.
(d) He is as friendly and encouraging as possible.

5. Why does Hamida envy Jewish girls?
(a) They have jobs.
(b) They have nice clothes.
(c) They have boyfriends.
(d) They have automobiles.

6. How many children does Salim Alwan have?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

7. What does Salim Alwan believe that Allah has done to make men's lives easier?
(a) Made sharp bargaining acceptable.
(b) Provided for them to marry one woman.
(c) Made hashish legal.
(d) Provided for them to take more than one wife.

8. How does Hussain Kirsha convince Abbas to go to work for the British?
(a) Hussain Kirsha tells Abbas that the British are the Egyptians' true friends.
(b) Hussain Kirsha tells Abbas his life is boring.
(c) Hussain Kirsha tells Abbas that no one in the alley cares for him.
(d) Hussain Kirsha tells Abbas he will never win Hamida unless he does.

9. Why does Abbas think Hamida talks of money rather than of love?
(a) Poverty has colored Hamida's thinking.
(b) Modesty conceals Hamida's real interest in him.
(c) Hamida is only interested in money.
(d) Hamida's love for him has overwhelmed her.

10. What does Hamida feel for Abbas as they walk together?
(a) Intense attraction.
(b) Neither attraction nor aversion.
(c) Intense aversion.
(d) Deep curiosity.

11. How does Kirsha defend his lustful conduct?
(a) "I am trying to save the boy from harm."
(b) "I can't help myself."
(c) "All men do many things that are dirty."
(d) "There is no evil in what I do."

12. Why does Abbas say that Uncle Kamil is completely without profit for him?
(a) Uncle Kamil takes more than his half of the food they share.
(b) Uncle Kamil has no hair to cut.
(c) Uncle Kamil doesn't pay his share of the rent.
(d) Uncle Kamil never pays his bills.

13. What effect has personal sorrow had on Radwan Hussainy?
(a) It has made him sorrowful and despairing.
(b) It has made him cruel and unforgiving.
(c) It has made him pessimistic and fearful.
(d) It has made him loving and patient.

14. How long will Abbas be in the service of the British army?
(a) Less than a year.
(b) A year or two.
(c) At least six months.
(d) Five years.

15. How does the boy respond to Kirsha's invitation to come to his cafe?
(a) "May God forgive your evil thoughts!"
(b) "Only a fool refuses generosity!"
(c) "If you want to eat, you must tire yourself out."
(d) "A good jug pours forth good water."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hamida believe is everything in life?

2. How does Hussain Kirsha feel about his father's erotic adventures?

3. What does Abbas say that falling in love has done for him?

4. How does Zaita react to being compared with Jaada?

5. What do his jealous friends call Hussain Kirsha?

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