PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION

DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION WEST - ALGIERS
PRIVATE SCHOOL - QUALITY EDUCATION ALGERIA – MIDDLE SCHOOL

SECOND TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM

GRADE: 4th MS
ALLOCATED TIME : 1h 30 mns SCHOOL YEAR : 2022– 2023

Zoulikha, the Martyr of Cherchell

Zoulikha Echaib Oudai, born Yamina Echaib is an Algerian chenouas revolutionary. She was
born on May 7, 1911 in Hadjout and grew up in Cherchell. She had five children. She was a
responsible political military activist and fighter in the ranks of the National Liberation Front (FLN)
in the town of Cherchell. (§1)

After her husband El Hadj Si Larbi Oudai and one of her sons were executed by the French
forces, she decided to join the FLN where she soon became responsible for the region of Cherchell.
She participated in intelligence operations, rapprochement between the FLN and the Algerian
people and she provided funds for the FLN from her husband’s money. (§2)

After the Cherchell FLN network was dismantled, the French army set her an ambush in the
Wadi Haizer. The French Forces tortured Zoulikha for ten days straight when she was arrested on
October 15, 1957. She was attached to an armored vehicle and exposed to the crowd when she
didn’t deliver the names of her comrades, to instill fear in the hearts of the population. After
refusing to disclose any secret information, the enraged French army threw her from a helicopter,
earning her the tittle of ‘Mother of Martyrs’. (§3)

Her body was not recovered until 1984. She is now interred in a martyr’s cemetery in
Menaceur, Tipaza. Like many Algerian freedom fighters and martyrs, Lala Zoulikha showed great
will to liberate Algeria. ‘Adapted From The Net ’

Part one: A/ Reading Comprehension

Activity one: Match titles with paragraphs. (2 pts )
Zoulikha’s Burial Paragraph 1
Zoulikha’s Arrest Paragraph 2
Zoulikha’s Achievements Paragraph 3
Zoulikha’s Biography Paragraph 4
Activity two: Read the text and answer the question. (3pts)
1- How did Zoulikha react when her husband and son were executed?
2- Choose the appropriate adjectives to describe Zoulikha’s personality:
brave – coward – frightened – determined – fearless – nationalist 1/2
3- What made the French soldiers throw Zoulikha from the helicopter?
Activity three: (2pts)
a/ Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to:
killed = ……………. burried =……………
b/ Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to:
released =/= ……………. accepting =/= …………….
B/ Mastery of Language
Activity one: complete with the right words to express similarity and differences(3 pts)

1. ………………………. Mujahideen freedom fighters, the leaders of the revolution sacrificed their
lives for their country.

2. Everybody slept, ……………………… the enemy was awake.

3. When Hassiba Ben Bouali was 16, she was courageous and reliable…………… many of her
peers.

Activity tow : Write the correct form of the verbs between brackets . (3pts)

Zoulikha Oudai (work) for the FLN. She (get) arrested by a French Soldier while she (help)
FLN. Her story (inspire) the Algerian writer Assia Djebbar who (write) her 2002 novel ‘The Woman
without a Tomb’ to honor Zoulikha. This woman freedom fighter (remain) an icon for the future
generations.

Activity three: Pick up from the text verbs whose final “ed” have the following sounds .
(1pt) /t/ /d/ /Id/
1-……………………… 1-…………………… 1-……………………
2-……………………
Part two: Situation of Integration (6 pts)
During the Algerian war of independence, thousands of Algerian women participated as fighters, nurses,
cooks or fundraisers. El Alia Hamza, the mysterious legend, is one of the most charitable Algerian
women of the last century who provided support for her people and her country as well. Write a
biography about Lala El Alia, using the information below.

Name: El Alia Hamza

Date and place of birth: 1889/Bouira “You can chain me, you can
torture me, you can even destroy
Family: very rich.
this body, but you will never
Marriage: (to marry) Kermiche Mohamed, an Arabic teacher
Children: No
Personality: helpful/ respectful /polite /generous
Deeds: -(to sacrifice) her life to help poor people
-(to be) a responsible of a school for girls
-(to donate) a piece of land of her own to be a cemetery /1930

-(to do) charities and (to take) care of orphans Good Luck 2/2