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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in "Out of Work" see young people wearing?

2. How did the two sisters in "Silence" differ?

3. What is the man's behavior like in "Divorce"?

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

5. What does the old man in "A House in the Woods" do while the girls build?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does not agree with Zahra's choice to move to Casablanca and why?

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

5. What do the husbands discover about visitor at the end of the story?

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

7. Describe Zahra's experience with the fortune-teller.

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

9. How does Zahra's husband change when he receives his "caid"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interaction between the men in the story "The Discontented". How are the men different from one another? What occurs at the end of the story that sets the two men further apart?

Essay Topic 2

How does the theme of abandonment present itself in the story "Divorce". How was the main character affected by abandonment in his childhood and how does he act out in adulthood?

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary term conflict. How does conflict appear in literature? Choose two stories in Abu Zayd's collection and explain the conflict or conflicts in each story.

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