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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?
(a) She cuts off her hand.
(b) Genital mutilation.
(c) She bruises her face.
(d) She cuts off her toe.

2. What is El Saadawi's impression of prison?
(a) Gloomy.
(b) Boring.
(c) Scary.
(d) Happy.

3. What type of clothes did Firdaus wear?
(a) Hand-me downs.
(b) A sack.
(c) Expensive.
(d) Torn.

4. How does El Saadawi's contact get access for the author in the prison?
(a) As a guard.
(b) As a lawyer.
(c) As a friend.
(d) As a psychiatrist.

5. Why did Firdaus' uncle send her to boarding school?
(a) It is a better education.
(b) It is required by law.
(c) He didn't pay a bill.
(d) He was angry with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was El Saadawi's response to Firdaus' death?

2. How did Firdaus feel when she entered her uncle's house for the first time?

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

4. Why was El Saadawi fired from her job in the 1970's?

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

(see the answer key)

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