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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When does the Arab army enter Palestine?
(a) April 20th.
(b) May 15th.
(c) April 15th.
(d) May 20th.

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father send the children to do every morning?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Buy food.
(c) Do household chores.
(d) To climb the hills.

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

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

8. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what do the kids do when the father is set off?
(a) Go to the neighbor's house.
(b) Do as their mother says.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Watch through the window.

9. What kind of unique trait did Barq have?
(a) A white spot.
(b) An unusual hoof.
(c) A red patch.
(d) A purple patch.

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

11. What mood is the father in when they reach Sidon?
(a) Saddened.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

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

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

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

15. Where does Assad stay in Basra?
(a) Abu Qais's house.
(b) A motel.
(c) The Shatt Hotel.
(d) A relative's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Abu Qais' teacher?

2. Who does Assad borrow the money from?

3. In "If You Were a Horse," what did the horse do?

4. What is Marwan's brother's name?

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

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