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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Mansour Bahy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hosny think he should keep busy?
(a) To keep him from doing something stupid.
(b) So he does not have to be around the other boarders very much.
(c) To earn enough money to marry.
(d) To earn enough money to leave Egypt.

2. What does Mansour do to Sarhan?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Breaks his nose in a deserted hallway at the Miramar.
(c) Hits him at a motel in Cairo.
(d) Kicks him to death while Sarhan is unconscious.

3. What torments Mansour?
(a) Sarhan's treatment of Zohra.
(b) Doreya's love.
(c) Amer's insouciance.
(d) Hosny's dissipation.

4. What does Amer think of Marzug?
(a) As wise.
(b) As annoying.
(c) As brilliant.
(d) As quite interesting.

5. Why are Sarhan and a drunken Hosny fighting?
(a) Hosny tried to rape Zohra.
(b) Sarhan tried to rape Zohra.
(c) Hosny insults Sarhan's mother.
(d) Sarhan insults Hosny's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves before Umm Kulthum's concert is over?

2. Who has a monthly radio concert?

3. What does Zohra explain to Mansour about the fight in the hall?

4. What pervades the group that gathers to listen to Umm Kulthum?

5. Who does Hosny drive to Mazarita?

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