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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. What talent does Mabrouka have?
(a) Weaving tapestries.
(b) Reading fortunes.
(c) Baking elaborate pastries.
(d) Repairing machines.

2. What physical ailment sometimes prevents Sheikh 'Isa from working?
(a) A deep cough.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) A stigmata.
(d) A rash.

3. In Chapter 26, which character gives the warning: "The knowledge of what's hidden is with God alone."
(a) Zeinab.
(b) Sharif.
(c) Mabrouka.
(d) Anna.

4. How does the carriage driver in Chapter 23 offend Sharif?
(a) By referring to his wife as an "English trophy."
(b) By referring to his house as "the house of the Englishwoman."
(c) By driving off without offering him change for his fare.
(d) By refusing to talk to him.

5. What stipulation does Lord Cromer want to place on Sharif and Anna's marriage?
(a) Sharif will not take another wife while married to Anna.
(b) They are only a registered couple while in Egypt.
(c) Anna has the right to leave the marriage without penalty.
(d) All of their children will be considerd Arabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is tarab?

2. Why is Anna's loom empty in Chapter 28?

3. What honor does Zeinab give Anna the night of her wedding?

4. Why do Sharif and Anna argue in Chapter 22?

5. Who is Hasna?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anna's story affect Amal's future?

2. How does Tareq offer to help Amal in Chapter 21?

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

4. What fear does Sharif have for Nur's future?

5. According to Layla, what has been the net result of the political strife in Egypt?

6. Why does Anna consider returning to England in Chapter 17?

7. How does Emily react to Anna's decision to marry Sharif?

8. Why does Amal fear for 'Omar?

9. How does the Zionist movement affect the Egyptian characters in the book?

10. Describe Isabel's experience in the shrine.

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