2. Where does Sarhan see Zohra buying papers?
(a) In Mahmoud's kiosk.
(b) In the Pharmacy.
(c) In High-Life Grocery.
(d) In the convenience store.

3. For what does Zohra seem to long?
(a) Affection.
(b) Truth.
(c) Education.
(d) Marriage.

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

5. What does Sarhan declare the first time Zohra brings him tea?
(a) That he will never marry.
(b) That he is engaged.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he loves a woman named Safeya.

6. What does Mansour think of Amer on the night of the Umm Kulthum concert?
(a) He is full of hot air.
(b) He is knowledgeable in a small field.
(c) He is bombastic.
(d) He is worthy of esteem.

7. What does Amer think about faith and doubt?
(a) They are inseparable.
(b) They are opposite poles that can not exist together.
(c) They are paradoxical but actually the same thing.
(d) He does not mention faith and doubt.

8. What are Ali and Sarhan planning?
(a) To highjack a truckload of money.
(b) To highjack a truckload of clothing.
(c) To highjack a truckload of dried beans.
(d) To highjack a truckload of yarn.

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

10. By what does Mansour think Zohra is probably driven?
(a) Sex.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Fear.

11. Who does Mansour visit after learning of the arrest?
(a) Doreya.
(b) Fawzi.
(c) Sonya.
(d) No one; he is too afraid.

12. What do Sarhan and Safeya do in Mahmoud's presence?
(a) Pretend to already be married.
(b) Have a terrible fight.
(c) Declare their intent to separate.
(d) Declare their intent to marry.

13. What angers Mansour about both himself and Sarhan?
(a) They love women who will not love them.
(b) They lack loyalty to a just cause.
(c) They use women.
(d) They are both fickle.

14. Where do Mansour and Doreya next meet?
(a) A cafe on the Nile.
(b) The Corniche.
(c) The Miramar.
(d) The train to Cairo.

15. What does Sarhan say he and Zohra have in common?
(a) Both are from Beheira.
(b) Both are from Cairo.
(c) Both are from Rifa.
(d) Both are from Fazara.