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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amina wish to do for Khadija after growing concerned about her in Chapter 38?
(a) Read her fortune.
(b) Brush her hair.
(c) Read to her.
(d) Take her to church.

2. What is the name of Ahmad's friend that bemoans the burden of raising girls?
(a) Jamil.
(b) Haniya.
(c) Ridwan.
(d) Iffat.

3. What does Iffat demand of Ahmad when he visits him in Chapter 60?
(a) Free goods.
(b) Yasin's arrest.
(c) Ahmad's death.
(d) A divorce.

4. Who does Yasin not invite to his wedding?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Aisha.

5. Who decides that the British troops are camping to intimidate and stop demonstrations?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) Yasin.
(c) Jamil.
(d) Kamal.

6. What does Ahmad say Yasim is useless in when referring to him as "Haniya's son"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Life.
(c) Work.
(d) Battle.

7. How does Yasim's mother look when he tells her he loves her?
(a) Angry.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

8. Who brings to Ahmand's shop the text of a petition to seek independence in Chapter 50?
(a) Iffat.
(b) Kamal.
(c) Yasin.
(d) Fahmy.

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

10. How does Kamal find the British troops rather than demonic?
(a) Handsome.
(b) Funny looking.
(c) Nice.
(d) Happy.

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

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

13. What does Ahmad tell Yasim he must do if he can't control his wife?
(a) Divorce her.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Move to another city.

14. What is the content of the poem that Yasin is moved by?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Religion.
(d) Women's demonstrations.

15. Who does the person who visits Ahmad in Chapter 36 wish for her son to marry?
(a) Zaynab.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Khadija.
(d) Jalila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ahmad shocked to learn that Yasin does every night?

2. Who dies in Chapter 63?

3. How does Ahmad describe himself that makes him unwilling to allow the women of his house outdoors?

4. Of what nationality is Yasin's new wife?

5. Whose marriage does the Widow Shawcat arrange in Chapter 45?

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