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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 does Suhail complain about?
(a) Being hot.
(b) Being cold.
(c) Not having a brother to help.
(d) Not being able to collect the money he needs.

2. What does the proprietor insist to Assad about the smuggling?
(a) Assad must pay afterward.
(b) Assad must pay weeks in advance.
(c) Assad must pay beforehand.
(d) Assad must find five other men to be smuggled.

3. What does the father respond to his daughter's offer in "A Hand in the Grave"?
(a) That he does not want to be poisoned.
(b) He would rather have something else.
(c) He does not like that book.
(d) He is not hungry.

4. How long does the family stay in the house in Sidon?
(a) Four nights.
(b) Three nights.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the guide tell Assad he will not run away?

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what kind of reaction does the object the mother hands to the father incite?

3. What does the father call Nabil?

4. What does Nabil's answers to his father's question cause his father to feel?

5. What is Marwan's brother's name?

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