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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. How long is the journey to Kuwait?
(a) 50 km.
(b) 200 km.
(c) 75 km.
(d) 150 km.

2. In "If You Were a Horse," where does the son find this object?
(a) In the mailbox.
(b) In a drawer.
(c) In his dad's bag.
(d) In a closet.

3. Why does Abu Qais feel insignificant?
(a) He has a low IQ.
(b) He doesn't even own his own home.
(c) He lives off an inheritance rather than working.
(d) His friends make him feel that way.

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what makes the narrator understand what the father wanted to do?
(a) The mother tells him.
(b) A neighbor explains it to him.
(c) The father tells him.
(d) Seeing the revolver on the ground.

5. What does the mother hand the father in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) A map.
(b) An apple.
(c) A tissue.
(d) An orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the father's friends advise him to do about a particular horse?

2. In "If You Were a Horse," when did the son's mother die?

3. Where does Assad stay in Basra?

4. In "If You Were a Horse," what does this object that the son finds contain?

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

(see the answer key)

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