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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. What does the mother tell the children to do when the father is set off in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) To run to the mountains.
(b) To go to their room.
(c) To go get help.
(d) To help their father.

2. Why is the son afraid that his father is dead in "If You Were a Horse"?
(a) Because he did not perform the surgery.
(b) Because his father had very bad cancer.
(c) Because he did not perform the surgery well.
(d) Because he saw a vision of his father dead.

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?
(a) Sometimes it is necessary to kill a horse.
(b) Sometimes it is necessary to set a horse free.
(c) Sometimes it is necessary to trade horses.
(d) Sometimes it is necessary to have a new hobby.

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family move?
(a) The outskirts of Sidon.
(b) The outskirts of Acre.
(c) The United States.
(d) Ramallah.

5. When the narrator runs to the mountains, what does he leave behind in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) His toys.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marwan do in the morning?

2. What does the son do at the end of "If You Were a Horse"?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," why does the family dread the night?

4. What did Marwan's brother do after he married?

5. When does the Arab army enter Palestine?

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