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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In "If You Were a Horse," why does the son abandon his thoughts about his father?
(a) He learns that his father wished he had a daughter.
(b) He learns his father used to love horses.
(c) He learns that his father hates children.
(d) He learns that his father hates horses.

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

7. Who lies to Assad and leaves him on the road?
(a) Abul Khaizarun.
(b) Ustaz Selim.
(c) Marwan.
(d) Abul-Abd.

8. Who procures shelter for the family in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) The aunt.
(b) The mother.
(c) The uncle.
(d) The father.

9. How long does Abul Khaizarun actually leave the men in the tank?
(a) Almost an hour.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Seven minutes.
(d) Twenty minutes.

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

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

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

13. Who does Assad borrow the money from?
(a) His father.
(b) Marwan.
(c) The bank.
(d) His uncle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Assad stay in Basra?

2. In "If You Were a Horse," why does the father tell his son he wishes he were a horse?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what makes the narrator understand what the father wanted to do?

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

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father do immediately after he declares what he wants to do?

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