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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. How does the woman in "Out of Work" describe her commute?
2. What building materials do the girls use in "A House in the Woods"?
3. When must the sisters fast?
4. What does the state official offer his acquaintance?
5. What is the visitor's home like in "Dinner in the Black Market"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role does religion play in Aziz's life?
2. What offer does one man make to the other in "The Discontented" and what is the man's response to the offer?
3. What do the husbands discover about visitor at the end of the story?
4. What message does Aziz receive from his mother at the end of the story?
5. What do the sisters attempt to build the house out of in "House in the Woods"?
6. What do the men in "The Discontented" blame the childhood friend's station in life on?
7. Why does the one sister smile at the end of "Silence"?
8. Describe two ways the old man helps the sisters in "House in the Woods"?
9. What is the nightly ritual Roukia preforms? How does it help the family?
10. Describe the two sisters in "Silence".
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify the plot and subplot in "Dinner in the Black Market". Be sure to provide the definitions for both terms in your answer. How does Abu Zayd effectively keep the reader engaged without confusing them?
Essay Topic 2
Define the term antagonist and identify who you believe is the antagonist in a story of your choice. Supply evidence from the book that supports your argument. Discuss how the antagonist is identified in the presence of the protagonist.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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