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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did the father feel about the horse?
(a) He loved the horse.
(b) He had no feelings for the horse.
(c) He felt burdened by the horse.
(d) He hated the horse.

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what is the father's mood like immediately after the move?
(a) He is extremely depressed.
(b) He is serene.
(c) He is happy for a while.
(d) He is very angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the son afraid that his father is dead in "If You Were a Horse"?

3. Where does Assad stay in Basra?

4. What does the mother tell the children to do when the father is set off in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

5. What is the name of the horse that the son finds notes on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is all the foreshadowing of death fulfilled in the end of "Men in the Sun"?

2. Why is the father so depressed in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

3. In "If You Were a Horse," how is the father's battle over the superstition similar to the battle with his son?

4. In "If You Were a Horse," why does the father wish his son were a horse?

5. What does the narrator's confusion about the father's money infer in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

6. What does the relinquishing of the weapons at Ras Naquora foreshadow?

7. Why are the kids sent to the hills so often in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

8. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," how does the army affect the father's mental state in two extremes?

9. Why is Abul Khaizarun not married?

10. What foreshadows the importance of the river in "Men in the Sun"?

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