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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Hand in the Grave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rivers does Abu Qais recall his teacher talking about?
(a) Tigris and Nile.
(b) Tigris and Euphrates.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Nile and Euphrates.

2. What does the father call Nabil?
(a) A pious Muslim.
(b) A good man.
(c) Worthless.
(d) A sinner.

3. How much is the journey to Kuwait?
(a) 3 dinars.
(b) 7 dinars.
(c) 20 dinars.
(d) 15 dinars.

4. What happened to Marwan's father?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He left them.
(c) He died.
(d) He fell into a coma.

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 does Nabil end up studying?

2. Why does Abul Khaizarun smuggle men?

3. In "A Hand in the Grave," who offers to give up the scheme?

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," when does the narrator return to the house?

5. What did the father's friends advise him to do about a particular horse?

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