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

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

3. Who does the man in "Divorce" marry?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A homeless woman.
(c) A wealthy woman.
(d) A teacher.

4. Who does the state official meet in "The Discontented"?
(a) An old friend.
(b) His wife.
(c) His brother.
(d) His cousin.

5. 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 spoon.
(c) She eats with her hands.
(d) She uses a fork.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does Zahra's wool spinning business make her?

3. How did the two sisters in "Silence" differ?

4. How does the visitor think she can help the employee in "Dinner in the Black Market"?

5. Where does the woman visit at the end of "Out of Work"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the life of the woman in "Out of Work" while she was working.

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

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

4. Describe the two sisters in "Silence".

5. What role does Yasmine play in the story "The Stranger"?

6. How does visitor attempt to help employee in "Dinner in the Black Market:"?

7. What is the nightly ritual Roukia preforms? How does it help the family?

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

9. Describe the main character in "Divorce".

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

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