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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) The customs men hold a long conversation.
(b) He took his time.
(c) He fell down the stairs.
(d) He went and ate lunch.

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what do the men do at the stop on the way out of the town?
(a) Find shelter.
(b) Buy more supplies.
(c) Buy more weapons.
(d) Relinquish their weapons.

3. How long is the journey to Kuwait?
(a) 150 km.
(b) 200 km.
(c) 50 km.
(d) 75 km.

4. In "If You Were a Horse," who killed the horse?
(a) The wife.
(b) The father.
(c) Abu Muhammad.
(d) The son.

5. Why is the son afraid that his father is dead in "If You Were a Horse"?
(a) Because he saw a vision of his father dead.
(b) Because he did not perform the surgery well.
(c) Because he did not perform the surgery.
(d) Because his father had very bad cancer.

6. 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 have a new hobby.
(c) Sometimes it is necessary to trade horses.
(d) Sometimes it is necessary to set a horse free.

7. What rivers does Abu Qais recall his teacher talking about?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Tigris and Nile.
(c) Nile and Euphrates.
(d) Tigris and Euphrates.

8. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what happens to Acre?
(a) Nothing happens to it.
(b) An earthquake hits it.
(c) Arab guerillas take over.
(d) The Jews attack the town.

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

10. What does Abu Qais learn about his wife?
(a) She is leaving him.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is sick.

11. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where do the men stop on the way out of the town?
(a) Ras Naquora.
(b) Ramallah.
(c) Nablus.
(d) Acre.

12. How long does the family stay in the house in Sidon?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Four nights.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three nights.

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

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

15. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what kind of reaction does the object the mother hands to the father incite?
(a) He has no reaction.
(b) He throws it on the ground.
(c) He yells at her.
(d) He starts weeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "If You Were a Horse," where does the son find this object?

2. What kind of unique trait did Barq have?

3. What does the proprietor insist to Assad about the smuggling?

4. What happens to Assad, Marwan, and Abu Qais at the end of "Men in the Sun"?

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family move?

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