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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 do Amer and Mariana plan?
(a) A birthday celebration for Amer.
(b) A spring festival dancing party.
(c) A New Year's Eve celebration.
(d) A May Day festival.

2. Where does Hosny pick up a girl?
(a) The Corniche.
(b) The Cecil Hotel.
(c) The Trianon.
(d) Metro Einema.

3. How does Marzug once arrive at a party?
(a) Drunk.
(b) On a horse.
(c) In a black hearse.
(d) In a black limo.

4. What news does Mariana bring about Sarhan days after he leaves.
(a) That he married his childhood girlfriend.
(b) That he moved to Syria.
(c) That he was murdered.
(d) That he joined the Army.

5. What increases Hosny's hatred?
(a) Encounters with young people.
(b) Sarhan's superior attitude.
(c) Encounters with old people.
(d) Amer's solicitous questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he think Mariana is?

2. What does Hosny do one rainy morning with Zohra's teacher?

3. What helps the group gathering?

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

5. Which boarder is an announcer for Alexandria Broadcasting Service?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hosny feel about old people?

2. Why is Sarhan fighting a drunken Hosny in the hall one evening?

3. What does Mariana offer Zohra and what does Amer fear about Zohra?

4. What commotion in the hallway does Hosny respond to, and what does he do?

5. After dropping the woman off at Mazarita, how does Hosny relieve his tension?

6. Who announces Sarhan's death and what is Hosny's reaction?

7. What is Hosny's next encounter with Zohra and how does he react?

8. How does Hosny feel towards marriage and women?

9. What is Tolba Marzuq relationship to Mariana, and what does Amer think of him?

10. How do Zohra and Amer have a chance to talk and how does Zohra feel about the two older, male boarders?

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