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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose daughter does Ahmad announce Yasin will marry?
(a) Widow Shawcat's.
(b) Hasan's.
(c) Iffat's.
(d) Jamil's.

2. Who is discovered to have left the house at the end of Chapter 58?
(a) Amina.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Zaynab.
(d) Zanuba.

3. What does Ahmad feel singled out by the preacher's call to at prayer service?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Revolting.
(c) Repentance.
(d) Preaching to others.

4. What does Ahmad say he does not do to his friends that take wives and daughters on outings with them?
(a) Judge them.
(b) Hate them.
(c) Agree with them.
(d) Love them.

5. What does Ahmad forbid Fahmy to do in Chapter 62?
(a) Get married.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Be politically involved.
(d) Go to school.

6. How does Yasin feel when he discovers his father cheating on his mother in Chapter 39?
(a) He is sad.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He admires him.
(d) He is disgusted.

7. What is the name of the maid with whom Yasin cheats on his wife?
(a) Nur.
(b) Jalilia.
(c) Ali.
(d) Haniya.

8. How does Aisha dress when Amina, Khadija, and Kamal visit her in her new home after being married?
(a) Matronly.
(b) Badly.
(c) Elegantly.
(d) Inappropriately.

9. Who chaperones Kamal to and from school during the revolution?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Umm Hanafi.
(d) Amina.

10. What does Fahmy read a letter about from the Wafd Delegation to the Sultan in protest of?
(a) Egyptian revolutions.
(b) British denial of Egypt's rights.
(c) Religion.
(d) Islam.

11. What are the prisoners that Ahmad reacts to in Chapter 53 arrested for?
(a) Murder.
(b) Reading the Qu'ran.
(c) Imposition of martial law.
(d) Stealing.

12. What has Ahmad often fantasized about the person who visits his store in Chapter 35?
(a) Beating her.
(b) Killing her.
(c) Kissing her.
(d) Sleeping with her.

13. What does Kamal accept from Khalil although he resents him in Chapter 43?
(a) A drink.
(b) Bread.
(c) Rice.
(d) Sweets.

14. Who does a young theology student accuse of being a spy at prayer service?
(a) Yasin.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Fahmy.
(d) Kamal.

15. Who visits Ahmad in Chapter 36 and gives him a verbal pounding?
(a) Umm Nafusa.
(b) Umm Hanafi.
(c) Widow Shawkat.
(d) Yasin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kamal doing in a circle of soldiers in Chapter 59?

2. What does Ahmad tell Yasim he must do if he can't control his wife?

3. What does Kamal become a regular at with the British troops in Chapter 64?

4. Who dies in Chapter 63?

5. What does Amina's mother believe should have happened when her sons bring her a pardon to return home?

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