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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. Who did Firdaus meet by the river after escaping Bayoumi?
(a) El Sid.
(b) Sarafina Du Pree.
(c) Jubli Ma Safi.
(d) Sharifa Salah el Dine.

2. How did Firdaus feel about school?
(a) She hated it.
(b) She didn't go to school.
(c) She enjoyed it.
(d) She was bored.

3. What did Firdaus give her cousin in while she was packing in Chapter 2?
(a) A letter.
(b) A picture.
(c) A book.
(d) A painting set.

4. Why did Firdaus complain about Bayoumi?
(a) He made her wear pants.
(b) He beat her.
(c) He deprived her of food.
(d) He did not find her work.

5. How many times does El Saadawi try to go to the prison in Chapter 1?
(a) Several.
(b) 50.
(c) 2.
(d) Once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bayoumi offer Firdaus?

2. What happened when Firdaus saw herself in the mirror at her uncle's house?

3. In Chapter 2, how did Firdaus' uncle treat his new wife?

4. Why is Firdaus unlike other inmates?

5. What case studies does El Saadawi study in Egypt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Firdaus able to maintain her sanity at her uncle and husband's home?

2. How did Firdaus feel when she moved into her uncle's home? What happened when she saw the mirror?

3. What happens between Firdaus and her uncle on cold nights?

4. What was Firdaus' family like?

5. How did Miss Iqbal treat Firdaus after she saw her crying?

6. What was Firdaus's relationship with her uncle when she lived with her parents?

7. Why did Firdaus' uncle not want to send her to the university? What did his wife suggest?

8. What was El Saadawi's interaction with the warden at the prison?

9. How did Sheikh Mahmoud treat Firdaus?

10. What happened at Firdaus' graduation ceremony? Why did she freeze?

(see the answer keys)

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