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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the family reach Sidon?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) In the morning.
(c) At dusk.
(d) In the afternoon.

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 well.
(b) Because he saw a vision of his father dead.
(c) Because his father had very bad cancer.
(d) Because he did not perform the surgery.

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 have a new hobby.
(d) Sometimes it is necessary to trade horses.

4. Who does Abul Khaizarun introduce himself to first?
(a) Marwan.
(b) Assad.
(c) Abu Qais.
(d) Ustaz Selim.

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," when does the narrator return to the house?
(a) At dusk.
(b) The middle of the night.
(c) The afternoon.
(d) The morning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Abul Khaizarun promise the men that he'll leave them in the tank?

3. What does the narrator note concerning Umm Saad?

4. Where does Assad stay in Basra?

5. In "If You Were a Horse," what did the horse do?

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