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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. How much money does Zahra receive in Chapter 3 from the government?
(a) Enough for a hundred days.
(b) 100 dollars.
(c) Enough for twenty days.
(d) 354 dollars.

2. Where does Zahra go to live in Chapter 1?
(a) Her condo.
(b) Rahman's house.
(c) Her brother's hotel.
(d) Her parent's basement.

3. Who is Safia?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A German guard.
(c) A wife of a nationalist.
(d) A doctor.

4. Where does Zahra go at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Market.
(c) Church.
(d) School.

5. What does Zahra remember when she sees images of the natural disaster in Chapter 1?
(a) Her school.
(b) The sultan.
(c) The local baker.
(d) Jewish merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Zahra's husband give her in Chapter 1?

2. What animal dropped clay pellets on the army?

3. Who does Faqih hate?

4. Who, at the end of Chapter 1, gives Zahra a mattress?

5. How many languages does Abou Zayd know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Zahra's experience in Chapter 2 like while living in Casablanca?

2. Describe Abou Zayd's childhood and how it affected her writing.

3. Why does Zahra go to the post office in Chapter 3?

4. Why might Abou Zayd have written "Year of the Elephant" in Arabic?

5. Who is Rahma and why does Zahra want to get to know her?

6. What imagery does the author use in Chapter 1?

7. Who is Safia?

8. Why is Zahra distraught at the start of Chapter 1?

9. What happened in Morocco when it gained independence?

10. What was Zahra's childhood like?

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