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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. What did Sheikh Mahmoud deprive Firdaus of?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Money.

2. Who is Fawzy?
(a) A priest.
(b) The servant in Sharifa Salah el Dine's home.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A man that visits Fridaus.

3. Why did Sharifa Salah el Dine believe men did not know Firdaus' true worth?
(a) Firdaus kept it a secret.
(b) Firdaus did not value herself.
(c) Men are not intuitive.
(d) Her parents kept it a secret.

4. What is it impossible for all single women to know?
(a) How to kill.
(b) How to marry.
(c) All the women in magazines.
(d) All the men in magazines.

5. What happened when Firdaus saw herself in the mirror at her uncle's house?
(a) She began to hate mirrors.
(b) She laughed.
(c) She fixed her hair.
(d) She screamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sheikh Mahmoud beat Firdaus with the time she ran to the streets?

2. Why did Firdaus' uncle send her to boarding school?

3. What does the Warden tell El Saadawi in Chapter 1, when she tries to see Firdaus?

4. Why does the doctor in Chapter 1 want to change Firdaus' sentence?

5. What paperwork does Firdaus refuse to sign in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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