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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amal sleep poorly the night she reads about Anna and Sharif in the garden outside St. Catherine's Monastery?
(a) She is thinking about meeting Irving in London.
(b) She is wondering what will happen next to Anna.
(c) She drank too much tea while reading.
(d) She hears the shouts of protestors in the street below.

2. What does Amal find in the small blue book she removes from the trunk?
(a) A journal written by Sharif.
(b) Two months of missing journal entries.
(c) Sketches from Anna's journey through Egypt.
(d) A financial account of Anna's journey through Egypt.

3. Who is Arwa Salih?
(a) A young Palestinian protestor.
(b) A mathematics professor at Cairo University.
(c) A leader of student movement in the early 1970's.
(d) Amal's old professor.

4. While at the Atelier 'am Ghazzali, what empire does Arwa compare to the United States?
(a) The Ottoman Empire.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) The Persian Empire.
(d) The Ancient Roman Empire.

5. How does Amal get Isabel into the Atelier 'am Ghazzali?
(a) She bribes Mahgoub al-Tilmisani.
(b) She claims Isabel is on a political march.
(c) She dresses Isabel as an Egyptian woman.
(d) She tells Professor Yusuf that Isabel is her sister-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anna's captors discover her identity, which character takes charge of her?

2. Where are Anna's captors sent to sleep?

3. What is "'Al-Mar'ah al-Jadidah?"

4. In Chapter 23, where does Sharif fear his father may soon go?

5. Why is Sharif cautious about greeting Dr. Milton Bey?

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