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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. How do the visitor and employee know each other?
(a) Work.
(b) High school.
(c) College.
(d) Church.

2. How does Zahra feel at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) Happy.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) In love.
(d) Scared.

3. How does the acquaintance in "The Discontented" feel when he sees the state official's home?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Awe.

4. What does the oldest girl want to build by the stream?
(a) A fort.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A house.
(d) A church.

5. What was the relationship between the two sisters in "Silence" like?
(a) Loving.
(b) Loud.
(c) Caring.
(d) Tense.

Short Answer Questions

1. When must the sisters fast?

2. Who takes Zahra to a fortune teller?

3. What is the visitor's home like in "Dinner in the Black Market"?

4. What was the life of the person the state official met with like?

5. Who does Roukia scare away from her home one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the two sisters in "Silence" react to Ramadan?

2. How does visitor attempt to help employee in "Dinner in the Black Market:"?

3. What trick do the girls in "House in the Woods" play on the old man?

4. What offer does one man make to the other in "The Discontented" and what is the man's response to the offer?

5. What message does Aziz receive from his mother at the end of the story?

6. Describe the visitor in the story "Dinner in the Black Market".

7. Describe two ways the old man helps the sisters in "House in the Woods"?

8. Who is the surprise guest in "A Vacation" and how does Roukia react to the visitor?

9. Describe the main character in "Divorce".

10. Describe the life of the woman in "Out of Work" while she was working.

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