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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Umm Saad feel the way she does about her cousin's statement?
(a) It saddens her to think mothers can be dispensed with so easily.
(b) She feels a relief from the burden of motherhood.
(c) She feels ashamed of her son.
(d) She feels free to do what she wants now.

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

3. In "If You Were a Horse," what does the son feel about his father?
(a) He thinks his father is horrible.
(b) He thinks his father loves another.
(c) He thinks his father is too joyful.
(d) He thinks his father hates him.

4. What did the father's friends advise him to do about a particular horse?
(a) To give them the horse.
(b) To raise the horse well.
(c) To sell or kill the horse.
(d) To buy the horse a companion.

5. 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 distract them from their hunger.
(d) To get them an education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Saad and his companions want to do immediately?

2. Why does Suhail put his arm in the grave instead of Nabil?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father do immediately after he declares what he wants to do?

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

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," who owns the house that the family sleeps in?

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