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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Umm Saad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Umm Saad debate about doing for her son?
(a) Sending him food.
(b) Disowning him.
(c) Sending him money.
(d) Visiting him.

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father send the children to do every morning?
(a) To climb the hills.
(b) Buy food.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Do household chores.

3. What rivers does Abu Qais recall his teacher talking about?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Tigris and Euphrates.
(c) Nile and Euphrates.
(d) Tigris and Nile.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Umm Saad move to?

3. What does the father call Nabil?

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what happens to Acre?

5. What is Umm Saad resolved to do?

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