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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. What is the acquaintance's reaction to the state official's offer in "The Discontented"?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He accepts.
(c) He turns it down.
(d) He cries.

2. In Chapter 5, where does Zahra decide to move to?
(a) Casablanca.
(b) Her home town.
(c) Rome.
(d) Iran.

3. Who is Yasmine in "The Stranger"?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A nanny.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Aziz's mother.

4. Who takes Zahra to a fortune teller?
(a) Sofia.
(b) Faqih.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Roukia.

5. What is wrong, according to Zahra's husband, with the way she eats?
(a) She talks and eats at the same time.
(b) She uses a fork.
(c) She eats with her hands.
(d) She uses a spoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aziz's temperament like at the start of "The Stranger"?

2. How does Zahra treat her servants?

3. Who visits the man in "Divorce"?

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

5. Why did Aziz's parents fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do the main character in "Divorce" and his brother discuss in the hospital?

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

3. What causes the falling out between Zahra and her sister in Chapter 5?

4. Describe the life of the woman in "Out of Work" after she left her job.

5. Describe the main character in "Divorce".

6. Describe the two sisters in "Silence".

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

10. Why does the main character of "Divorce" leave his wife?

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