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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 does the man in "Divorce" complain about?
(a) His cold dinner.
(b) Wrinkled pants.
(c) His broken car.
(d) A wrinkled shirt.

2. What does Roukia's mother send her to the field to collect?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Milk.
(d) Thyme.

3. What does Zahra receive in the divorce?
(a) One million dollars.
(b) Her house.
(c) The children.
(d) Her clothes and a room.

4. What job does Zahra take at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Factory worker.
(b) Cleaning lady.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

5. What religion does Aziz convert to?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong, according to Zahra's husband, with the way she eats?

2. What animal does one of the girls chase in "A House in the Woods"?

3. What is lodged in a character's nose in "A Vacation"?

4. What language does Zahra's husband want her to speak?

5. What is the state official's life like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Aziz nervous at the start of "The Stranger"?

3. What role does Yasmine play in the story "The Stranger"?

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

5. Why is Zahra's husband embarrassed by her in Chapter 5?

6. Why does the one sister smile at the end of "Silence"?

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

8. Describe the two sisters in "Silence".

9. What happens when Roukia is locked in the cellar?

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

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