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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Year of the Elephant, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 did Zahra see in Rahman's home?
(a) Several locked doors.
(b) A nursery.
(c) A big TV.
(d) A room that was painted green.

4. How did Zahra's husband express interest to Zahra that he wanted to marry her?
(a) He wrote her a letter.
(b) He emailed her.
(c) He did not consult her.
(d) He called her.

5. Whose grave does Zahra visit in Chapter 2?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Zahra's husband go to jail?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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