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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the deterioration of Zahra's marriage?
(a) The independence.
(b) Her illness.
(c) Her family.
(d) A death in the family.

2. Who questions Zahra's choice to move in Chapter 5?
(a) Her faqih.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandfather.

3. Who does the state official meet in "The Discontented"?
(a) His cousin.
(b) An old friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) His brother.

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

5. When must the sisters fast?
(a) The third Friday of the month.
(b) During the night.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) During the day.

6. What does the acquaintance in "The Discontented" claim he knows nothing about?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Women.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Farming.

7. What does the old man in "A House in the Woods" lend the girls?
(a) An axe.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A sack.
(d) A horse.

8. What buildings replace the old homes?
(a) Jails.
(b) Apartments.
(c) Mansions.
(d) Banks.

9. Where is Aziz's childhood home?
(a) Fez.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

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

11. What does Zahra think of her sister?
(a) She is evil.
(b) She is loving.
(c) She is vain.
(d) She is kind.

12. How does Zahra treat her servants?
(a) She falls in love with them.
(b) Rudely.
(c) Kindly.
(d) Like slaves.

13. What is the visitor's personality in "Dinner in the Black Market" like?
(a) Rude.
(b) Snobby.
(c) Non-existant.
(d) Charming.

14. What does the state official believe is the reason for his acquaintance's living conditions?
(a) Leaving school.
(b) Marrying into a good family.
(c) Prison.
(d) The lottery.

15. Why does the man in "Divorce" leave his wife?
(a) He doesn't like her cooking.
(b) She stands up for herself.
(c) She has an affair.
(d) He doesn't like her job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the state official offer his acquaintance?

2. What does the woman in "Out of Work" do now that she is unemployed?

3. How much does Zahra's wool spinning business make her?

4. What job does the visitor hold in "Dinner in the Black Market"?

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

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