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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through If You Were a Horse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," who owns the house that the family sleeps in?
(a) An Arab family.
(b) A relative of the family.
(c) A Jewish family.
(d) The government.

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

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what happens to the narrator and his family?
(a) They flee in a hurry.
(b) Members of the family are killed in the war.
(c) They remain in Acre.
(d) They come to the United States.

4. What does Marwan do in the morning?
(a) He visits his mother.
(b) He writes a long letter to his mom.
(c) He visits his brother.
(d) He goes to find money.

5. In "If You Were a Horse," why is the father afraid of his son?
(a) Because the son has mental problems.
(b) The son has a reddish mole.
(c) Because the father has mental problems.
(d) Because his son is evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the father feel about the horse?

2. What does Abu Qais learn about his wife?

3. 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?

4. Why does the father want to do what he is thinking of doing in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

5. Who does Abul Khaizarun introduce himself to first?

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