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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 task does Aisha ask Khadija's help with in preparation for her wedding?
(a) Doing her makeup.
(b) Sewing the wedding gown.
(c) Fixing her hair.
(d) Making bed sheets.

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

3. What is Yasin filled with on the day of his wedding?
(a) Relief and dread.
(b) Happiness and dread.
(c) Dread and regret.
(d) Happiness and thankfulness.

4. Who visits Ahmad at his store at the beginning of Chapter 35?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Umm Hanafi.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Umm Maryam.

5. Which of the following descriptions was not given to Yasin to describe him in Chapter 60?
(a) Too weak to tame a wife.
(b) Unable to save himself.
(c) Poor.
(d) Reckless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose life is focused on in Chapter 55 as it relates to the revolution's impact?

2. Where does Kamal take refuge when strikers break down the schoolroom door at his school?

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

4. Who does Yasin try to have sex with in Chapter 41?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Yasin's wedding reception described?

2. How is Umm Maryam's visit to Ahmad's store described in Chapter 35?

3. How is Amina's homecoming described after Ahmad sends her a pardon to return?

4. How is Yasin's last meeting with his mother described?

5. Why is Fahmy stirred by politics in Chapter 48?

6. What does Ahmad tell Khadija just before she is married?

7. What occurs when Ahmad and his sons attend the Friday prayer service in Chapter 61?

8. What does Jalia confront Ahmad about when she joins the men's party during Aisha's marriage celebration?

9. What are Fahmy's views on nationalism, as described in Chapter 52?

10. How are Aisha's new surroundings described after she is married and Amina, Khadaji, and Kamal visit her?

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