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This test consists of 10 short essay questions.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the role of the boilerplate eunuch according to the novella?

2. What other things did the people of Cairo smuggle into the city according to Chapter 4?

3. How could the Zar ceremony be described?

4. The Superintendent's family used power in the wrong way. Explain.

5. What did the al do to babies and their mothers after they captured them?

6. What was the role of the gaballiyahs that Agent Hamed and Agent Onsi wore, according to Chapter 4?

7. Why does Agent Hamed get furious when he realized that the djinn had spoken Armenian?

8. How does Abla help the agents after they had gathered information from Madaam Mariam?

9. What other role did Abla play in this case, according to Chapter 5?

10. What was Superintendent Bashir's reaction when Hamed and Onsi questioned him about the djinn?

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