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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amina ask God to forgive her husband for when she helps wash him after he gets home?
(a) His meanness.
(b) His drinking.
(c) His bad temper.
(d) His womanizing.

2. Who is described as the more beautiful of Amina's daughters?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Zanuba.
(d) Jalilia.

3. What is the name of the haughty and flirtatious woman who comes to Ahmad's store after the matchmaker?
(a) Amina.
(b) Maryam.
(c) Zanuba.
(d) Zubayda.

4. What does Khadija catch Aisha doing in Chapter 22 that explains her reasons for doting on her appearance?
(a) Brushing her hair.
(b) Winking.
(c) Looking at the street.
(d) Practicing in the mirror.

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

6. What does Yasin call his mother before angrily leaving her in Chapter 18?
(a) A thief.
(b) A liar.
(c) A criminal.
(d) A monster.

7. What is the name of the matchmaker that visits Ahmad's store in Chapter 14?
(a) Umm Ali.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Umm Maryam.
(d) Umm Hanafi.

8. Who is named second in command of the house while Amina rests from her injury?
(a) Yasin.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Khadija.

9. What does Yasin's mother do joyfully when he visits her for the first time in the book?
(a) Cries.
(b) Yells.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Smiles.

10. What is the name of the sheikh that admonishes Ahmad for his adultery and drunkenness?
(a) Zaghul.
(b) Kamal.
(c) Mutawalli.
(d) Hamzawi.

11. Which of the following does Yasin not do to forget his mother in Chapter 13?
(a) Curses his fate.
(b) Pines for Maryam.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Worries about his inheritance.

12. When does Ahmad stop agitating to enforce good order in Chapter 20?
(a) Afternoon prayers.
(b) Daily chores.
(c) When he visits the bar.
(d) His afternoon drink.

13. What handicap does Amina's mother have?
(a) She is deaf.
(b) She has one arm.
(c) She is blind.
(d) She can't walk.

14. Who suggests that Amina tell Ahmad that she fell down the stairs to explain her broken bone?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Fahmy.
(c) Khadija.
(d) Aisha.

15. What does Khadija demand a confession of from Aisha in addition to never watching the policeman again?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Thievery.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amina's husband's name?

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

3. How old is Ahmad in Chapter 14 of the book?

4. Who has been standing at her bedroom window for months yearning for a young police officer that walks by?

5. What does Yasin say he can no longer pretend regarding his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?

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