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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the fortune teller tell Zahra in Chapter 5?
(a) She will die soon.
(b) Relief is coming.
(c) Her husband will divorce her.
(d) She will become pregnant.

2. What job does the visitor hold in "Dinner in the Black Market"?
(a) Owner of insurance company.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Owner of restaurant.

3. What is the visitor's home like in "Dinner in the Black Market"?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Homey.
(c) Luxurious.
(d) Simple.

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

5. How did the two sisters in "Silence" differ?
(a) One was young looking and the other sickly.
(b) One was deaf and the other was blind.
(c) One was rich and the other was poor.
(d) One was blonde and the one was brunette.

6. What surprise awaited Roukia at home in "A Vacation"?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A plate of cookies.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A friend.

7. What is Aziz's temperament like at the start of "The Stranger"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Sad.

8. What happens when Zahra confronts her husband about his affair?
(a) He slaps her.
(b) He does nothing.
(c) He lies.
(d) He apologizes.

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

10. How does the visitor think she can help the employee in "Dinner in the Black Market"?
(a) She knows important people.
(b) Her business is hiring.
(c) She owns a bookstore.
(d) She owns rental properties.

11. What is wrong, according to Zahra's husband, with the way she eats?
(a) She talks and eats at the same time.
(b) She uses a fork.
(c) She eats with her hands.
(d) She uses a spoon.

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

13. What does the old man in "A House in the Woods" give the girls to eat?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Apples.
(c) Pears.
(d) Grapes.

14. What job does Aziz hope to obtain?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Priest.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Rabbi.

15. Who is Yasmine in "The Stranger"?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A nanny.
(c) Aziz's mother.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the acquaintance in "The Discontented" claim he knows nothing about?

2. Who is Aziz set to meet?

3. Who abandoned the man in "Divorce" when he was a child?

4. Who takes Zahra to a fortune teller?

5. What do the girls in "A House in the Woods" carry their building materials in?

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