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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does it take Abul Khaizarun so long to get back to the lorry?
(a) He took his time.
(b) He fell down the stairs.
(c) The customs men hold a long conversation.
(d) He went and ate lunch.

2. What did the father's friends advise him to do about a particular horse?
(a) To give them the horse.
(b) To sell or kill the horse.
(c) To buy the horse a companion.
(d) To raise the horse well.

3. 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 weeks in advance.
(d) Assad must pay beforehand.

4. Why is the son afraid that his father is dead in "If You Were a Horse"?
(a) Because he did not perform the surgery.
(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 well.

5. In "If You Were a Horse," what illness does the father have?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) Brain tumor.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Measles.

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

7. How much does Marwan have to pay to go to Kuwait, according to Abul Khaizarun's price?
(a) Fifteen dinars.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Ten dinars.
(d) Five dinars.

8. How did the father feel about the horse?
(a) He hated the horse.
(b) He felt burdened by the horse.
(c) He had no feelings for the horse.
(d) He loved the horse.

9. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family move?
(a) The United States.
(b) The outskirts of Sidon.
(c) The outskirts of Acre.
(d) Ramallah.

10. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the narrator realize the father wants to do?
(a) Kill himself only.
(b) Leave the family.
(c) He wants to kill the children and himself.
(d) Kill his wife and flee.

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

12. Why does Abul Khaizarun smuggle men?
(a) To genuinely help them.
(b) To have workers.
(c) To make more money.
(d) All the above.

13. What did Marwan's brother do after he married?
(a) He sent more money.
(b) He moved back to his family.
(c) He lived with his brother.
(d) He stopped sending money.

14. In "If You Were a Horse," what does this object that the son finds contain?
(a) His mother's diary.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Poems.
(d) Prices and pedigrees of horses.

15. What is Marwan's brother's name?
(a) Selim.
(b) Zakaria.
(c) Assad.
(d) Abu Qais.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the damp earth smell like to Abu Qais?

2. When the narrator runs to the mountains, what does he leave behind in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

3. What sets off the father one day in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

4. Who lies to Assad and leaves him on the road?

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family stop on their way out?

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