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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Jadaan used to pay to fulfill his responsibility?
(a) His wife.
(b) Mubarak.
(c) Abdallah's servant.
(d) Abdallah.

2. What does the proprietor insist to Assad about the smuggling?
(a) Assad must find five other men to be smuggled.
(b) Assad must pay afterward.
(c) Assad must pay beforehand.
(d) Assad must pay weeks in advance.

3. In "If You Were a Horse," what does the echo of the footsteps of the son resemble?
(a) His mother's footsteps.
(b) A galloping horse.
(c) Abu Ibrahim's footsteps.
(d) His father's footsteps.

4. What does Umm Saad tell her cousin to tell the commander?
(a) To let Saad come home.
(b) To take care of Saad.
(c) To let Saad do what he wants.
(d) To be tough on Saad.

5. Who suggests to Abu Qais that he move to Kuwait?
(a) Ustaz Selim.
(b) Assad.
(c) Marwan.
(d) Saad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the cousin's statement make Umm Saad feel?

2. In "If You Were a Horse," when the son asks his father if he hates him, what does the father reply?

3. What does the mother tell the children to do when the father is set off in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

4. Where did Umm Saad used to live?

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," who owns the house that the family sleeps in?

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