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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Amal compare Americans to Britons in Chapter 7?
(a) Both cultures refuse to adapt to new languages.
(b) Both cultures are too quick to embrace change.
(c) Both cultures are lazy.
(d) Both cultures want things done their way.

2. What talent makes Omar famous?
(a) Dance.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Music.
(d) Writing.

3. In "An End of a Beginning", why does the mechanic refuse payment for his services?
(a) He is Amal's cousin.
(b) He is entranced by Isabel's light blue eyes.
(c) He wants Amal to introduce him to Isabel.
(d) He is too proud to be perceived as poor by a foreigner.

4. What is the mashrabiyya?
(a) A type of headgear worn by Egyptian men.
(b) A type of Egyptian hammock.
(c) A latticework screen used in many Egyptian households.
(d) The part of an Egyptian house occupied and governed by women.

5. What does Mu'allaqah mean?
(a) Hung.
(b) Hidden.
(c) Run.
(d) Secret.

6. What does Sharif give Anna the night they sit in the garden outside St. Catherine's Monastery?
(a) A blue journal.
(b) A kiss on her hand.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

7. What has the house in Amal's dream become?
(a) A morgue.
(b) A museum.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A school.

8. Where does Isabel want Amal to accompany her in Chapter 8?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Cairo.

9. What is the haramlek?
(a) The part of an Egyptian house occupied and governed by women.
(b) A type of Egyptian hammock.
(c) A latticework screen used in many Egyptian households.
(d) A type of headgear worn by Egyptian men.

10. Which character proves to be a helpful friend to Anna in Alexandria?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Amal.
(c) James.
(d) Emily.

11. What does Anna ride as she travels into the Sinai desert?
(a) An Arabian mare.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A jeep.
(d) A camel.

12. Which character has nominal rule over Egypt in Chapter 6?
(a) The Ottoman Sultan.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) King Edward VII.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

13. What does Layla pack into Anna's saddleback before Anna leaves for Sinai?
(a) A silk dress.
(b) A green journal.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

14. What does Anna decide to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Return to England.
(b) Reunite with her husband.
(c) Call Emily.
(d) Educate herself about the local culture.

15. How is Layla related to Amal?
(a) They are not related.
(b) She is the first cousin of Amal's grandmother.
(c) She is Amal's great-aunt.
(d) She is Amal's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does 'Who's Who" describe Omar?

2. What happens to Edward in Chapter 3?

3. Which friend of Amal's is carrying her fifth child in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Anna visit the South Kensington Museum?

5. What does Amal find in the small blue book she removes from the trunk?

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