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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Assad, Marwan, and Abu Qais at the end of "Men in the Sun"?
(a) They go back home.
(b) They start a new life in Kuwait.
(c) They are very seriously injured, but survive.
(d) They die in the water tank.

2. What is Nabil's father doing when he wakes up?
(a) Reading.
(b) Praying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

3. In "Letter from Gaza," what program has the narrator been accepted into at the university?
(a) Medical science.
(b) English literature.
(c) Physics.
(d) Civil Engineering.

4. On what condition does Assad borrow the money?
(a) He will use it for investments.
(b) He will marry someone sooner.
(c) He will trade his car.
(d) He will pay it back with interest.

5. In "If You Were a Horse," why does the son abandon his thoughts about his father?
(a) He learns that his father hates horses.
(b) He learns that his father wished he had a daughter.
(c) He learns his father used to love horses.
(d) He learns that his father hates children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator acknowledge in his letter in "Letter from Gaza"?

2. In "The Falcon," what is the narrator's job?

3. What does the mother hand the father in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

4. What would Umm Saad do without her two other children?

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father do immediately after he declares what he wants to do?

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