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

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

3. What does the state official offer his acquaintance?
(a) A better paying job.
(b) A car.
(c) A house.
(d) Clothes.

4. Where does the woman visit at the end of "Out of Work"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Slums.
(c) America.
(d) Her job.

5. What did the husband's discover in "Dinner in the Black Market" was missing ?
(a) Money.
(b) Their wives.
(c) Their jewelry .
(d) Their cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of "A House in the Woods"?

2. What is lodged in a character's nose in "A Vacation"?

3. In "Out of Work", how did her community change?

4. What job does Aziz hope to obtain?

5. What language does Zahra's husband want her to speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Roukia is locked in the cellar?

4. How does Zahra's husband change when he receives his "caid"?

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

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

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

8. Why does the one sister smile at the end of "Silence"?

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

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

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