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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Aziz attend religious school?
(a) His parents' divorce.
(b) His sister's death.
(c) He needed a better education.
(d) He received a scholarship.

2. How does the visitor dress in "Dinner in the Black Market"?
(a) In a set of scrubs.
(b) Poorly.
(c) In a neon jacket.
(d) Nicely.

3. Why did Aziz's parents fight?
(a) His mother had an affair.
(b) Over money.
(c) His father had a mistress.
(d) No reason.

4. What is the visitor's real profession?
(a) Con-woman.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Politician.

5. What does Zahra think of her sister?
(a) She is kind.
(b) She is evil.
(c) She is vain.
(d) She is loving.

6. What job does Zahra take at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Factory worker.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Cleaning lady.
(d) Doctor.

7. How do the visitor and employee know each other?
(a) Church.
(b) Work.
(c) High school.
(d) College.

8. How does Zahra treat her servants?
(a) Kindly.
(b) She falls in love with them.
(c) Rudely.
(d) Like slaves.

9. Who questions Zahra's choice to move in Chapter 5?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her faqih.

10. What happens to the man in "Divorce" on his way home from work?
(a) He wins the lottery.
(b) He meets his future bride.
(c) An accident.
(d) He dies.

11. Who was to blame for the one sister's divorce?
(a) The robust sister.
(b) The mother.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) The sickly sister.

12. Who does Roukia scare away from her home one night?
(a) Her father.
(b) The police.
(c) A thief.
(d) A dog.

13. Where is Aziz's childhood home?
(a) Fez.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Casablanca.

14. What is the state official's life like?
(a) Unhappy
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Poor.
(d) Stressful.

15. What building materials do the girls use in "A House in the Woods"?
(a) Straw.
(b) Pebbles.
(c) Brick.
(d) Sticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the acquaintance in "The Discontented" feel when he sees the state official's home?

2. What mode of transportation does the man in "Divorce" use?

3. Why does the state official's acquaintance believe his life is the way it is?

4. In Chapter 5, where does Zahra decide to move to?

5. What job does Aziz hope to obtain?

(see the answer keys)

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