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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 does Salim Alwan's company sell?
(a) Rugs.
(b) Perfumes.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Produce.

2. How does Zaita help the strong man to become an efficient beggar?
(a) He disfigures his face.
(b) He blinds him.
(c) He amputates an arm.
(d) He teaches him to behave like an imbecile.

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

4. What does Salim Alwan's lunch do for him?
(a) It is an aphrodisiac.
(b) It makes him cheerful.
(c) It helps him to nap.
(d) It gives him unusual energy for work.

5. How does Hussain Kirsha convince Abbas to go to work for the British?
(a) Hussain Kirsha tells Abbas his life is boring.
(b) Hussain Kirsha tells Abbas that the British are the Egyptians' true friends.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salim Alwan believe that Allah has done to make men's lives easier?

2. Why does Salim Alwan avoid a political career?

3. How many children does Salim Alwan have?

4. What keeps Hamida from encouraging Salim Alwan?

5. What does Mrs. Afify suspect is causing Umm Hamida to delay in finding her a husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zaita say was the summer resort of his childhood?

2. What does Zaita promise he will do to help the beggar who is too big and strong to gain people's sympathy?

3. What does Hamida hope when the handsome stranger first talks to her - a hope that is the exact opposite of what she says?

4. Why is Hamida pleased when Abbas says that what she has done will always stand between them?

5. Of Abbas and Hussain Kirsha, which was first to leave the alley and which was first to return?

6. Why do Abbas' words of love have an effect on Hamida although she does not care for him?

7. Why does Zaita claim that the best doctors in Egypt don't have the skill that he does?

8. How long as Hamida been gone when Abbas comes home, and what efforts have been made to find her?

9. Why does Ibrahim Faraj refrain from having sex with Hamida?

10. When Umm Hamida informs Mrs. Afify that she has found a new husband for her, she tells her that she will need to prepare her own trousseau, which is not what she actually means. What does she mean?

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