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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from Gaza.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the niece injured in "Letter from Gaza"?
(a) In the bombing.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A school fight.
(d) An accident.

2. In "If You Were a Horse," what did the horse do?
(a) Saved the son from drowning.
(b) Killed the father's wife savagely.
(c) Injured the father irreparably.
(d) Saved the father's wife from drowning.

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

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

5. What does Jadaan say about falcons and death?
(a) They do not care where they die.
(b) They care where they die.
(c) They die when they are very old.
(d) They fight death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nabil's answers to his father's question cause his father to feel?

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," why does the father send the children to do a particular task every morning?

3. What does Nabil pack in his bag?

4. When does the Arab army enter Palestine?

5. Why does Abu Qais feel insignificant?

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