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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Zahra's mother treat her?
(a) She hated her.
(b) She ignored her.
(c) She played games with her.
(d) She loved her.

3. Where does Zahra's husband get transferred to in Chapter 4?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Paris.
(c) Agadir.
(d) Casablanca.

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

5. Who is the narrator of this story?
(a) Na'Keisha.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Zahra.
(d) Layla.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Zahra return to in Chapter 1?

3. Whose perspective is "Year of the Elephant" from?

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

5. Who goes to the prison with Zahra to visit her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a "caid"?

2. Why does the author of the introduction claim that "Year of the Elephant" is "an event in cross-cultural literary history"?

3. Where does Zahra go to live at the end of Chapter 1?

4. What happens to Zahra's husband in Chapter 4? How does she find out?

5. What was Zahra's childhood like?

6. Why is Zahra distraught at the start of Chapter 1?

7. Why is the point of view of "Year of the Elephant" important?

8. Why did Faqih not want the woman's group to store items in his home?

9. Who is Rahma and why does Zahra want to get to know her?

10. Why does Faqih dislike the French?

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