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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Falcon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Umm Saad ask her cousin?
(a) Whether she should ask the commander to keep an eye on Saad.
(b) Whether he would take care of her other kids.
(c) Whether he would go retrieve her son.
(d) Whether she should move to the US.

2. What does Nabil end up studying?
(a) Law.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Medicine.

3. When does the family reach Sidon?
(a) In the morning.
(b) In the afternoon.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) At dusk.

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," why does the father send the children to do a particular task every morning?
(a) So the house can be clean.
(b) So they can have breakfast.
(c) To get them an education.
(d) To distract them from their hunger.

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what do the kids do when the father is set off?
(a) Go to the neighbor's house.
(b) Do as their mother says.
(c) Watch through the window.
(d) Call the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Abul Khaizarun during the war?

2. In "If You Were a Horse," why is the father afraid of his son?

3. What town did Umm Saad used to live in?

4. What is the name of the horse that the son finds notes on?

5. In "The Falcon," who does not bother remembering the engineers' names?

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