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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 54-67.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?
(a) She asks how she could be born without a father.
(b) She stays out past curfew.
(c) She goes on a date.
(d) She steals from the church.

2. Who introduces El Saadawi to Firdaus?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A police man.
(c) A friend.
(d) A guard.

3. What did Firdaus see at the place her uncle takes her after graduation?
(a) Women dancing.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) War.
(d) Murder.

4. What does the doctor want Firdus' sentence reduced to in Chapter 1?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Death.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 6 months.

5. How did Sharifa Salah el Dine help Firdaus?
(a) She beat her husband.
(b) She bought her a plane ticket.
(c) She gave her advice.
(d) She gave her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Firdaus do to the pictures of men in magazines?

2. What did Firdaus want to tell her uncle in Chapter 2?

3. Who slept on the floor in Firdaus' room in Chapter 2?

4. What did Firdaus' uncle give her when she graduated?

5. What did Firdaus feel when she spent the night with the men Sharifa Salah el Dine brought to her?

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