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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 much money did Halima find when waiting for the bus to take her to the fish market in Chapter 3?

2. When did someone give Larbi Amrani prayer beads?

3. What did Hakima want Lahcen to go to the store to get in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 4, how late did Lahcen and Aziz wait to fix a chair?

5. What type of movie was playing at the Star Cinema in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what are Larbi Amrani's thoughts about prayers beads on his rearview mirror?

2. In Chapter 3, where did Halima's family eat?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Murad think about a fellow passenger named Halima?

4. In Chapter 3, what did a man do on the bus that Halima was taking?

5. At the end of Chapter 2, how does Noura want her father to help Faten?

6. What job does Murad think he will get at first when he gets to Spain, and what job does he want to get later in Chapter 1?

7. What type of friendship did Aziz and Lahcen have in Chapter 4?

8. How did Lahcen try to help Aziz get jobs in Chapter 4?

9. What will Larbi spend his day doing in Chapter 2 after he has tea and reads the paper?

10. In Chapter 4, how had Aziz been able to marry Zohra?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying a literary work. What is the genre of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 2

Halima is married to Maati, and they have three children. How would you describe the relationship between Halima and Maati? What does their marriage reveal about abusive relationships?

Essay Topic 3

Aziz returns home after five years in Spain. What has Aziz envisioned his homecoming to be like? What is his homecoming like? Why are his expectations so different from the reality of his homecoming?

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