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This test consists of 10 short essay questions.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe the character of the Superintendent as he addressed the agents?

2. What was the Zar ritual’s purpose?

3. What did the trams symbolize?

4. What do the Abla's earrings symbolize?

5. Why does Nadiyaa change her mind about performing the ritual?

6. How did the ritual end at the tram car?

7. Explain the spirit’s reaction when it saw the two agents. How does it receive them and how does it end up to be?

8. How does the novella depict the government?

9. Why were the women in the streets demonstrating? What was happening?

10. Why did the government not value the Zar ritual?

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