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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Year of the Elephant, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many languages does Abou Zayd know?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 about Zahra's family?
(a) Her close family members are dead.
(b) They are politicians.
(c) They live in jail.
(d) They are wealthy.

3. Who is Rahma?
(a) An eccentric man.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A wealthy banker.
(d) An eccentric woman.

4. What does Zahra think about Casablanca?
(a) Mean.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Scary.
(d) Low class.

5. How did Zahra's husband feel about the resistance?
(a) Angry.
(b) Scared.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Sympathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children think Rahma really was?

2. Who does Zahra visit in Chapter 3 to air her frustration?

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

4. Whose perspective is "Year of the Elephant" from?

5. What limb did Faqih loose in Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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