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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. What does Zahra do to Pinhas' shop?
(a) Shops there.
(b) Paints it.
(c) Buys it.
(d) Burns it.

2. What news does Zahra's husband give her in Chapter 1?
(a) Her mother is dying.
(b) He is broke.
(c) He wants a divorce.
(d) He is dying.

3. What does Zahra's husband go to jail?
(a) He murders a friend.
(b) He hits his wife.
(c) He robs a bank.
(d) He is a nationalist sympathizer.

4. How much does Zahra's wool spinning business make her?
(a) Very little.
(b) A lot.
(c) 500 dollars a day.
(d) 5,000 euros a month.

5. What caused the deterioration of Zahra's marriage?
(a) A death in the family.
(b) Her illness.
(c) Her family.
(d) The independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Zahra react to the Casablanca Massacre?

2. In Chapter 5, who does Zahra visit in Casablanca?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Zahra compare the natural disaster in her town to?

4. Whose grave does Zahra visit in Chapter 2?

5. Who tells Zahra that her husband is in jail?

(see the answer key)

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