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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from Gaza.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the son in "If You Were a Horse" asks his father why he says the statement about a horse to him, what does the father reply?
(a) Sometimes it is necessary to trade horses.
(b) Sometimes it is necessary to kill a horse.
(c) Sometimes it is necessary to have a new hobby.
(d) Sometimes it is necessary to set a horse free.

2. What does the mother tell the children to do when the father is set off in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) To run to the mountains.
(b) To go to their room.
(c) To help their father.
(d) To go get help.

3. How much does a skeleton cost?
(a) 50 lire.
(b) 30 lire.
(c) 100 lire.
(d) 75 lire.

4. What year in school are Suhail and Nabil?
(a) First year.
(b) Third year.
(c) Second year.
(d) Fourth year.

5. What does the narrator's sister-in-law ask him to do?
(a) Go to New York.
(b) Visit Nadia.
(c) Visit his brother.
(d) Go to California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Letter from Gaza," what does the narrator buy for his niece?

2. How will Abul Khaizarun smuggle the men?

3. In "If You Were a Horse," where does the son find this object?

4. How often does Umm Saad visit someone after her move?

5. What background are the guards of, in "The Falcon"?

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