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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. Who offers to do the task alone first in "A Hand in the Grave"?
(a) Nabil.
(b) Suhail.
(c) The sister.
(d) The father.

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

3. What is Marwan's brother's name?
(a) Selim.
(b) Assad.
(c) Zakaria.
(d) Abu Qais.

4. What does the father note, concerning Nabil?
(a) That Nabil looks refreshed.
(b) That Nabil looks high on drugs.
(c) That Nabil looks disheveled.
(d) That Nabil looks tired.

5. What happens to Assad, Marwan, and Abu Qais at the end of "Men in the Sun"?
(a) They go back home.
(b) They die in the water tank.
(c) They are very seriously injured, but survive.
(d) They start a new life in Kuwait.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nabil pack in his bag?

2. In "If You Were a Horse," what did the father do following his wife's death?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what is the father's mood like immediately after the move?

4. What does the mother tell the children to do when the father is set off in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

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

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