![]() |
Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is considered the language of the wealthy in Morocco?
2. Who surprises Zahra during one of her meetings in Chapter 4?
3. Where does Zahra go to live in Chapter 1?
4. What type of meetings do Zahra and Safia hold?
5. Who does Zahra learn has a baby later in life?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Zahra decide to make a living and who taught her this skill?
2. Who is Safia?
3. Why is the point of view of "Year of the Elephant" important?
4. Who is Rahma and why does Zahra want to get to know her?
5. Why does the author of the introduction claim that "Year of the Elephant" is "an event in cross-cultural literary history"?
6. What was Zahra's marriage proposal like? What happened at the wedding? What was the first year of marriage like?
7. What was Zahra's experience in Chapter 2 like while living in Casablanca?
8. How does Zahra join the Moroccan resistance movement?
9. Why does Faqih dislike the French?
10. Why might Abou Zayd have written "Year of the Elephant" in Arabic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the Moroccan independence movement affect the lives of the characters in Abu Zayd's book? Choose one character (other then Zahra) and discuss how the independence movement affects his or her life.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the religious holiday Ramadan and the role it plays in the story "Silence". What is the significance how how the characters react to this holiday?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the relationship between Zahra and her husband. What role does each person fill in the other person's life? Explain two ways Zahra's husband changes her life.
This section contains 704 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
![]() |