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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who returned from exile in 1956?

4. How does Zahra feel at the start of this story?

5. What does Zahra do to Pinhas' shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the education crisis Morocco faced in the 1950's?

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

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

5. Why does Faqih dislike the French?

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

7. Who is Safia?

8. Describe the narrator of "The Year of the Elephant".

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

10. What is a "caid"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Zahra and her husband. What role does each person fill in the other person's life? Explain two ways Zahra's husband changes her life.

Essay Topic 2

Define the term protagonist and identify who you believe is the protagonist in the story "The Stranger". Supply evidence from the book that supports your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Define the term antagonist and identify who you believe is the antagonist in a story of your choice. Supply evidence from the book that supports your argument. Discuss how the antagonist is identified in the presence of the protagonist.

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