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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. Which character does Isabel love?
(a) Omar.
(b) Edward.
(c) Charles.
(d) Amal.

2. What do Amal and Isabel discover carved into the baptismal font at the Mu'allaqah?
(a) The hieroglyph for purity.
(b) A series of numbers.
(c) Anna's name.
(d) The hieroglyph for water.

3. What country does the Khedive visit in Chapter 7?
(a) The United States.
(b) England.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Israel.

4. Which country rules Egypt in Chapter 6?
(a) Egypt.
(b) India.
(c) The United States.
(d) Great Britain.

5. How are Amal and Isabel different?
(a) Amal is Jewish and Isabel is Palestinian.
(b) Isabel is ten years older than Amal.
(c) Amal is ten years older than Isabel.
(d) Isabel is Jewish and Amal is Palestinian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would Isabel like to create using Anna's journals?

3. What group is Omar rumored to be associated with?

4. How did Sharif come to be head of the Baroudi family?

5. Who is Armand Demange?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the schools and clinic in Tawasi closed in Chapter 11?

2. What does Anna plan to do once she is released by her abductors?

3. How is Anna described in Chapter 1?

4. Describe the relationships between Egyptian Christians and Muslims in the early 20th century.

5. How does Anna's appearance change as she travels to Sinai?

6. How does Isabel react to the events she experiences on her trip to Tawasi?

7. What happened to Sharif's first marriage?

8. What are Sir Charles' views of colonialism?

9. How does Egyptian culture affect Anna?

10. Why does Isabel bring a trunk to Amal?

(see the answer keys)

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