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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 58-64.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following descriptions was not given to Yasin to describe him in Chapter 60?
(a) Poor.
(b) Reckless.
(c) Unable to save himself.
(d) Too weak to tame a wife.

2. Who does Amina tell Fahmy will be the one they have a hard time getting to agree on his marriage to Maryam?
(a) Iffat.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Maryam.
(d) Umm Maryam.

3. What does Yasin reject regarding his mother's justification about her life?
(a) That she was poor.
(b) That she was unlucky.
(c) That she was uneducated.
(d) That she was innocent.

4. What does Amina discover she has broken?
(a) Her leg.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her collarbone.

5. Where does Chapter 7 take place?
(a) New Street.
(b) Ezbekiya Garden.
(c) Ahmad's store.
(d) Ahmad's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession is the man that Yasin has learned his mother will marry in Chapter 17?

2. What does Fahmy tell Amina that he will do before getting married to Maryam?

3. What is on a provocative poster that Kamal looks at along with the shrine of al-Husayn?

4. What is the name of the haughty and flirtatious woman who comes to Ahmad's store after the matchmaker?

5. Who particularly sees trouble in the actions of Yasin's new wife after they are married?

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