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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Amer Wagdi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do all of the three younger boarders declare?
(a) They will not fight for any regime.
(b) They were moving to the United States.
(c) Support for the Revolution.
(d) Support for the regime currently in power.

2. What does Zohra think about Tolba's request for a massage.
(a) That he thinks she will work for free.
(b) That he has coarser intentions.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) That the request was in poor taste.

3. What does Amer wish to trust again?
(a) The government.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) Tolba.
(d) God.

4. Who was Wagdi's late master?
(a) Pecifion.
(b) Zohra.
(c) Abu Wadi.
(d) The Pasha

5. What does Zohra begin with a tenant on the fifth floor?
(a) Art lessons.
(b) Fighting lessons.
(c) Reading lessons.
(d) Music lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Sarhan and a drunken Hosny fighting?

2. Who does the narrator say is an introvert?

3. Who does Zohra distrust?

4. What does Wagdi recall?

5. Which of the boarders is a 30-year-old peasant?

(see the answer key)

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