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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. How does Zahra feel in Chapter 3 when she visits the open air market?
(a) Oppressed.
(b) Scared.
(c) Free,
(d) At home.

2. What does Zahra think about Casablanca?
(a) Mean.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Scary.
(d) Low class.

3. What is scary about the news Zahra receives in Chapter 1 from her husband?
(a) They will have no where to live.
(b) Her mother is her best friend.
(c) Moroccan women don't divorce.
(d) She doesn't want him to die.

4. How did Zahra react to the Casablanca Massacre?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Joy.
(d) Shock.

5. What was attacked in 570 A.D.?
(a) Casablanca.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) France.
(d) Mecca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zahra compare the Casablanca Massacre to?

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

3. How does Zahra feel at the start of Chapter 4?

4. How does Zahra plan to make money?

5. Who is Rahma?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zahra decide to make a living and who taught her this skill?

2. Why might Abou Zayd have written "Year of the Elephant" in Arabic?

3. What was Zahra's experience at Al-Adir?

4. What was Zahra's experience in Chapter 2 like while living in Casablanca?

5. What was Zahra's marriage proposal like? What happened at the wedding? What was the first year of marriage like?

6. What did Zahra's parents do for a living and why was it dangerous?

7. Describe Abou Zayd's childhood and how it affected her writing.

8. What is the Year of the Elephant ?

9. What happened in Morocco when it gained independence?

10. Why does Zahra go to the post office in Chapter 3?

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