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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Year of the Elephant, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is considered the language of the common man in Morocco?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Spanish.

2. Who, at the end of Chapter 1, gives Zahra a mattress?
(a) Rahman.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The faqih.

3. What does Zahra remember when she sees images of the natural disaster in Chapter 1?
(a) The sultan.
(b) Jewish merchants.
(c) The local baker.
(d) Her school.

4. Whose perspective is "Year of the Elephant" from?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) A wealthy woman.
(c) A working-class woman.
(d) A child.

5. What job did Abou Zayd have after college?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Model.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author of the introduction?

2. How did Zahra's mother treat her?

3. What is considered the language of the wealthy in Morocco?

4. Why did Zahra's mother-in-law want her son to divorce Zahra?

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

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