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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father do for the soldiers?
(a) He ignores their presence.
(b) He throws cigarettes to them.
(c) He opposes them.
(d) He chides them for being useless.

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

3. What kind of journey is it to Kuwait?
(a) Legal.
(b) Easy.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Quick.

4. What does the proprietor insist to Assad about the smuggling?
(a) Assad must pay afterward.
(b) Assad must pay beforehand.
(c) Assad must find five other men to be smuggled.
(d) Assad must pay weeks in advance.

5. Why does Abu Qais feel insignificant?
(a) He has a low IQ.
(b) He doesn't even own his own home.
(c) His friends make him feel that way.
(d) He lives off an inheritance rather than working.

6. What did Barq's unique trait predict, according to superstition?
(a) That the horse would kill the son.
(b) That the father would kill someone close to him.
(c) That the horse would save someone close to the father.
(d) That the horse would kill someone close to the father.

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

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

9. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what makes the narrator understand what the father wanted to do?
(a) The father tells him.
(b) Seeing the revolver on the ground.
(c) A neighbor explains it to him.
(d) The mother tells him.

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

11. 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 that his father hates children.
(d) He learns his father used to love horses.

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

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

14. What is the orange like at the end of "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) Same as when they bought it.
(b) It was peeled.
(c) Turned to dust.
(d) Dried up and shriveled.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Assad borrow the money from?

2. What did the father's friends advise him to do about a particular horse?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the narrator realize the father wants to do?

4. In "If You Were a Horse," what does the echo of the footsteps of the son resemble?

5. In "If You Were a Horse," what illness does the father have?

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