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

2. Why is Hosny slightly jealous of Zohra?
(a) That her brother cares enough to come get her.
(b) He isn't jealous.
(c) That she is learning to read.
(d) That she has so many admirers.

3. About what is Hosny certain when he sees Zohra?
(a) That he will marry her.
(b) That he would never fall in love with her.
(c) That she is having an affair with Sarhan.
(d) That she will fall in love with him.

4. Who does Sarhan decide he is going to marry?
(a) Zohra.
(b) The girl his parents have chosen.
(c) No one.
(d) Aleya.

5. What does Hosny order his Maltese madam to do?
(a) Gather girls for an orgy.
(b) Stay with him overnight.
(c) Plan a party for some of his male friends.
(d) Find him a wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Azhar in 1919?

2. What amuses Hosny about a commotion the hall?

3. Why are Sarhan and a drunken Hosny fighting?

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

5. How does Tolba anger Hosny?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hosny feel about old people?

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

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

5. With whom does Hosny hook up after leaving the Umm Kulthum at intermission, and what is the woman's advice to him?

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

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

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

9. Describe Mansour Bahy.

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

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