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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. What happens to the old neighbors in "Out of Work"?
(a) They still live in the same homes.
(b) They died.
(c) They were arrested.
(d) They moved.

2. How much does Zahra's wool spinning business make her?
(a) A lot.
(b) Very little.
(c) 500 dollars a day.
(d) 5,000 euros a month.

3. What does the woman in "Out of Work" do now that she is unemployed?
(a) Wanders around town.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Moves in with her daughter.
(d) Sews.

4. What is the visitor's personality in "Dinner in the Black Market" like?
(a) Non-existant.
(b) Snobby.
(c) Charming.
(d) Rude.

5. In Chapter 5, who does Zahra visit in Casablanca?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her mother-in-law.
(c) Safia.
(d) Faqih and Roukia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the state official meet in "The Discontented"?

2. What does the state official offer his acquaintance?

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

4. Who does the man in "Divorce" marry?

5. What does the fortune teller tell Zahra in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does not agree with Zahra's choice to move to Casablanca and why?

2. What trick do the girls in "House in the Woods" play on the old man?

3. Why does the main character of "Divorce" leave his wife?

4. Describe the visitor in the story "Dinner in the Black Market".

5. Describe two ways the old man helps the sisters in "House in the Woods"?

6. What role does religion play in Aziz's life?

7. What do the men in "The Discontented" blame the childhood friend's station in life on?

8. What do the husbands discover about visitor at the end of the story?

9. Why is Aziz nervous at the start of "The Stranger"?

10. What happens to Zahra's wool spinning business?

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