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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zahra plan to make money?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Spinning wool.

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

3. Where does Zahra's husband go to jail?
(a) San Quentin.
(b) Al-Adir.
(c) San Juan.
(d) Al-Mia.

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

5. Where does Zahra go at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) The mall.
(b) The post office.
(c) The park.
(d) Church.

6. Where did Zahra live during the first year of her marriage?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her grandparents.
(d) Her in-laws.

7. What type of meetings do Zahra and Safia hold?
(a) Legal meetings.
(b) Women's meetings.
(c) Parent-teacher meetings.
(d) Therapist sessions.

8. Who moves to Casablanca with Zahra?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her husband.

9. When did Morocco gain independence?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1909.

10. How much money does Zahra receive in Chapter 3 from the government?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) 354 dollars.
(c) Enough for twenty days.
(d) Enough for a hundred days.

11. What limb did Faqih loose in Vietnam?
(a) A foot.
(b) A leg.
(c) A toe.
(d) An arm.

12. Who tells Zahra that her husband is in jail?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A lawyer.

13. At the start of Chapter 4 what does Zahra spend her money on?
(a) Spinning materials.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Medicine.

14. What language was "Year of the Elephant" first written in?
(a) Russian.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Arabic.

15. Who returned from exile in 1956?
(a) Shaefer.
(b) Abou Zayd.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) The sultan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Abou Zayd when Morocco gained independence from France?

2. What can Zahra and her husband not discuss while at the jail?

3. What rumor was spread about Raham's house?

4. How was the Sultan of Morocco treated when he returned from exile?

5. How does Zahra feel in Chapter 3 when she visits the open air market?

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