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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. Who taught Zahra the skill she will use to make money?
(a) No one.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. What people make up Zahra's family class?
(a) Businessmen and politicians.
(b) Farmers and townspeople.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Kings and queens.

3. What did Zahra feel her role was once she married?
(a) To go to school.
(b) To get pregnant.
(c) To find a job.
(d) To sweep floors.

4. What does Hajj Ali do for a living?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Doctor.

5. Who is the narrator of this story?
(a) Zahra.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Na'Keisha.
(d) Layla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zahra go to live in Chapter 1?

2. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 about Zahra's family?

3. What job did Abou Zayd have after college?

4. Where did Zahra live during the first year of her marriage?

5. How did Zahra's husband feel about the resistance?

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