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

2. Who suggests to Amina that Aisha's engagement be allowed until Khadija is married first?
(a) Fahmy.
(b) Yasin.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Jamil.

3. Where does Kamal see a bus heading at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) New Street.
(b) Coppersmith Street.
(c) Palace Walk.
(d) Sugar Street.

4. What does Kamal review daily with Amina that makes him keep her there as long as possible?
(a) The kaaba.
(b) The unity.
(c) The tora.
(d) His sura.

5. What does Amina feel transformed into when entering a mosque?
(a) A saint.
(b) Something sweeter.
(c) Heaven bound.
(d) Pure spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of eyes does Amina say Ahmad had that made her confess how she really was injured?

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

3. What is wrong with Ahmad in Chapter 3 that makes noises anger him?

4. What about Amina's husband could not be questioned because he was male?

5. Who are quarreling when Amina tells them she is leaving the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Amina injured on her way home from visiting the al-Husayn shrine?

2. How are Amina's duties on her roof described in Chapter 6?

3. What happens when Amina confesses leaving the house to visit the al-Husayn shrine to Ahmad?

4. How is Aisha's beauty regimine described in the book?

5. How does the family react to Ahmad's announcement that Aisha cannot marry in Chapter 26?

6. How is Ahmad's daily ritual each morning described?

7. How are Kamal's "story hungry" actions described in Chapter 9?

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

9. How is Yasin's meeting with his mother described in Chapter 18?

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

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