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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 is Hosny doing when Amer checks on noise in the hall?
(a) Leading an irate woman away.
(b) Singing off key at the top of his voice.
(c) Hitting a punch bag.
(d) Playing a guitar.

2. How does Hosny relieve tension?
(a) Driving his Ford at high speeds.
(b) Sunbathing on the top of the Miramar.
(c) Racing his boat on the river.
(d) Shopping and gambling.

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

4. About what does Amer ramble?
(a) About his life as a journalist in Paris.
(b) What a good catch Zohra would be.
(c) His heroic past.
(d) That he knows Umm Kulthum personally.

5. What does he think Mariana is?
(a) A retired school teacher.
(b) A sweet grandmotherly matron.
(c) An aging madame.
(d) A scheming old woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hosny think of Zohra as she is making his bed?

2. What does Hosny learn about Zohra at breakfast?

3. What does Amer think of Marzug?

4. What is Marzug to Mariana?

5. Who does Sarhan decide he is going to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Amer and Mariana complain about and plan?

2. What is the general atmosphere at the beginning of the Umm Kulthum concert, and how does that change?

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

4. Why does Hosny move to Miramar and what is his first thought about Zohra?

5. About what does Amer warn Zohra and why does he do so?

6. Why does Hosny's attitude towards Zohra change?

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

8. What are Hosny's impressions of the other Miramar residents?

9. How does Hosny feel about old people?

10. About what is Amer dreaming when he hears a ruckus in the hallway?

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