Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence, and Other Stories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Layla Abu Zayd
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Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence, and Other Stories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Layla Abu Zayd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Zahra's father like?
(a) Kind.
(b) Violent.
(c) Funny.
(d) Loving.

2. Who did Zahra's husband ask permission from before marrying Zahra?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The mayor.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

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

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

6. How does Zahra feel when she visits the tomb in Chapter 2?
(a) Silly,
(b) Angry.
(c) At peace.
(d) Scared.

7. Who did Zahra avoid on her wedding day?
(a) The groom.
(b) Her family.
(c) The priest.
(d) Her mother-in-law.

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

9. What does Zahra's husband go to jail?
(a) He murders a friend.
(b) He is a nationalist sympathizer.
(c) He robs a bank.
(d) He hits his wife.

10. Where does Zahra go to live in Chapter 1?
(a) Her parent's basement.
(b) Rahman's house.
(c) Her brother's hotel.
(d) Her condo.

11. Who does Zahra visit in Chapter 3 to air her frustration?
(a) The faqih.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) A therapist.

12. Where does Zahra return to in Chapter 1?
(a) School.
(b) New York.
(c) Her hometown.
(d) Her condo.

13. What crisis did Morocco face in the mid 1950s?
(a) War.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Water.
(d) Educational.

14. Who stole donated goods from the storage sight in Chapter 4?
(a) Faqih.
(b) Safia.
(c) Zahra.
(d) June B.

15. Why did Zahra's mother-in-law want her son to divorce Zahra?
(a) She stole from the family.
(b) She ate the last of their rice.
(c) She was barren.
(d) She yelled at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Zahra and Faqih travel to Souk al-Arba?

2. Who returned from exile in 1956?

3. How many languages does Abou Zayd know?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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