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

2. What is lodged in a character's nose in "A Vacation"?
(a) A grape.
(b) A marble.
(c) A bead.
(d) A chickpea.

3. How are the girls in "A House in the Woods" related?
(a) Friends.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Aunts and nieces.
(d) Cousins.

4. What job does Aziz hope to obtain?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Priest.
(d) Rabbi.

5. What do the girls in "A House in the Woods" carry their building materials in?
(a) A wheelbarrow.
(b) Their dresses.
(c) A truck.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the man in "Divorce" on his way home from work?

2. What building materials do the girls use in "A House in the Woods"?

3. How does the woman in "Out of Work" describe her commute?

4. What does Zahra receive in the divorce?

5. What was the life of the person the state official met with like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does visitor attempt to help employee in "Dinner in the Black Market:"?

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

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

5. What conversation do the main character in "Divorce" and his brother discuss in the hospital?

6. Describe the life of the woman in "Out of Work" while she was working.

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

8. Describe the life of the woman in "Out of Work" after she left her job.

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

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

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