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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the son do at the end of "If You Were a Horse"?
(a) Rush back to the hospital.
(b) Save his father.
(c) Flee the city, away from his father.
(d) Rush back home.

2. What does the damp earth smell like to Abu Qais?
(a) His wife's hair after a bath.
(b) His mother's food.
(c) Burned soil.
(d) His first home.

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," when does the narrator return to the house?
(a) At dusk.
(b) The afternoon.
(c) The morning.
(d) The middle of the night.

4. How much is the journey to Kuwait?
(a) 20 dinars.
(b) 7 dinars.
(c) 15 dinars.
(d) 3 dinars.

5. How will Abul Khaizarun smuggle the men?
(a) In a large car.
(b) In a wheelbarrow.
(c) In a tractor bed.
(d) In the water tank.

6. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," who owns the house that the family sleeps in?
(a) A Jewish family.
(b) A relative of the family.
(c) The government.
(d) An Arab family.

7. In "If You Were a Horse," what does the son feel about his father?
(a) He thinks his father loves another.
(b) He thinks his father hates him.
(c) He thinks his father is too joyful.
(d) He thinks his father is horrible.

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

9. What happened to Abul Khaizarun during the war?
(a) He lost his leg.
(b) He lost his wife.
(c) He lost his arm.
(d) He lost his manhood.

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

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

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

13. What happened to Marwan's father?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He fell into a coma.
(c) He left them.
(d) He died.

14. How long does Abul Khaizarun promise the men that he'll leave them in the tank?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 7 minutes at the most.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marwan's brother do after he married?

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

3. When does the Arab army enter Palestine?

4. What did Barq's unique trait predict, according to superstition?

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

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