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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Year of the Elephant, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the literacy meetings in Chapter 4 help?
(a) School teachers.
(b) Small children.
(c) Illiterate peasant women.
(d) Older men.

2. How does Zahra feel at the start of this story?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Anxious.

3. What can Zahra and her husband not discuss while at the jail?
(a) The weather.
(b) Politics.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their marriage.

4. Where did Zahra live during the first year of her marriage?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) Her in-laws.
(d) Her friends.

5. Who did Faqih leave behind in Vietnam?
(a) His house.
(b) His money.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moves to Casablanca with Zahra?

2. Who helped Zahra decide to join the Moroccan resistance movement?

3. How does Zahra feel in Chapter 3 when she visits the open air market?

4. Who is Walter in Chapter 4?

5. Who goes to the prison with Zahra to visit her husband?

(see the answer key)

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