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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. Who does the narrator say is an introvert?
(a) Amer.
(b) Mariana.
(c) Sarhan.
(d) Mansour.

2. About what does Hosny obsess?
(a) That his brother makes more money than he.
(b) That his sister is not yet married.
(c) That he wants to move to the United States.
(d) Being turned down for marriage.

3. Why does Hosny think he should keep busy?
(a) To earn enough money to leave Egypt.
(b) To earn enough money to marry.
(c) So he does not have to be around the other boarders very much.
(d) To keep him from doing something stupid.

4. 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.

5. What does Sarhan relate?
(a) A series of gossip items about a woman who used to work at the Miramar.
(b) Endless jokes.
(c) A story about his brother and a prostitute.
(d) A story about the mayor of Sarhan's birth city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hosny move to the Miramar?

2. What helps the group gathering?

3. Why is Mariana delighted about Zohra arriving?

4. Who does Hosny meet that he thinks would be worth marrying?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hosny feel towards marriage and women?

3. How does Hosny feel about old people?

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

5. Describe Hosny Allam.

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

7. Describe the encounter between Zohra, Hosny and Sarhan.

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

9. Describe Mansour Bahy.

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

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