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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. Who protests the danger when Fahmy announces he is distributing a document that is illegal under martial law?
(a) Yasin.
(b) Khadija.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Amina.

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

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

4. Who goes to Ahmad's store and blurts out that he wants his mother to come home?
(a) Yasin.
(b) Umm Hanafi.
(c) Kamal.
(d) Aisha.

5. 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) Love them.
(d) Agree with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chaperones Kamal to and from school during the revolution?

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

3. How does Yasin feel when he discovers his father cheating on his mother in Chapter 39?

4. Who decides that the British troops are camping to intimidate and stop demonstrations?

5. What does Yasim complain to Fahmy about his marriage in Chapter 48?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Yasin and Zaynab's marriage described in Chapter 46?

2. What is the nature of Fahmy and Yasin's conversation in Chapter 41?

3. What do Kamal and Umm Hanafi tell the others happened when they were chased by British troops?

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

5. Why does Fahmy believe British troops have set up camp across from Abd al-Jawad's doorstep?

6. What is the nature of Ahmad's reprimands towards Yasin in Chapter 58?

7. How does Khadija react when Aisha asks her for help sewing her wedding gown?

8. How does Ahmad participate in politics according to his actions in Chapter 49?

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

10. How does Fahmy react when the first martyrs start dying in the revolution?

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