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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. What is the name of the gathering that all of Ahmad's family has at sunset except for him?
(a) Coffee hour.
(b) Secret hour.
(c) Family time.
(d) Tea queue.

2. Who is left with the sorrow of a lost opportunity when Ahmad refues to let Aisha be married?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Amina.
(d) Yasin.

3. What kind of worker was the man that wooed Yasin's mother and ruined his childhood?
(a) A servant.
(b) A fruit merchant.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A cook.

4. What title does Ahmad hold at the party he throws in Chapter 16?
(a) The man.
(b) The bridegroom.
(c) The man of the hour.
(d) Leader of the pack.

5. What grazes Amina after leaving a mosque that causes her injury?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A horse.
(c) A bullet.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl that is the foster daughter of the singer Zubayda?

2. Where does pain course through Amina after she is injured leaving a mosque?

3. How many years has Amina been married to her husband?

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

5. What kind of store does Yasin pass by on the way to his mother's that brings painful recollections?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Ahmad's attempts at getting Zubayda to sing at a party described in Chapter 15?

2. How does Ahmad react when a matchmaker hints that Mme. Nafusa wanted to be his second wife?

3. How are Ahmad's actions at a party where he hires Zubayda to sing described?

4. What is the nature of Yasin's complaints about his mother when he visits Ahmad in Chapter 17?

5. How are Ahmad's actions to those outside his household described?

6. How does Yasin remember his happy childhood ruined by a fruit merchant?

7. How are Ahmad and Mme. Zubayda's interactions described in Chapter 14?

8. How does Ahmad react to Shaykh Mutawalli's claim that he is an adulterer in Chapter 7?

9. What does Amina help her husband with when he comes home drunk at midnight every night?

10. What is Kamal doing after leaving school in Chapter 8?

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