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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. In "If You Were a Horse," where did the father move after his wife's death?
(a) To the country.
(b) To the United States.
(c) To another country.
(d) To the city.

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what do the men do at the stop on the way out of the town?
(a) Buy more weapons.
(b) Relinquish their weapons.
(c) Buy more supplies.
(d) Find shelter.

3. Why does it take Abul Khaizarun so long to get back to the lorry?
(a) He fell down the stairs.
(b) He took his time.
(c) The customs men hold a long conversation.
(d) He went and ate lunch.

4. Why does the father want to do what he is thinking of doing in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) To end their pain and suffering.
(b) Because he hates his family.
(c) To satiate his anger.
(d) Because it is what all fathers do.

5. 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 have a new hobby.
(b) Sometimes it is necessary to trade horses.
(c) Sometimes it is necessary to kill a horse.
(d) Sometimes it is necessary to set a horse free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the father do about the advice on the horse?

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family stop on their way out?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where do the men stop on the way out of the town?

4. How long is the journey to Kuwait?

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family move?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the father resent Abu Muhammad?

2. What does the relinquishing of the weapons at Ras Naquora foreshadow?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," when a child requests something from his father, what happens?

4. What is ironic about Abul Khaizarun confirming the bad reputation of smugglers?

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," why does the father come up with the murderous idea?

6. Why is Abul Khaizarun delayed when he passes through customs?

7. In "If You Were a Horse," how is the father's battle over the superstition similar to the battle with his son?

8. How is all the foreshadowing of death fulfilled in the end of "Men in the Sun"?

9. Why did Marwan's father leave Marwan's mother?

10. What did the orange represent in the beginning of "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

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