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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. Where does Assad stay in Basra?
(a) Abu Qais's house.
(b) The Shatt Hotel.
(c) A relative's house.
(d) A motel.
2. Why does the father want to do what he is thinking of doing in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) Because it is what all fathers do.
(b) To satiate his anger.
(c) Because he hates his family.
(d) To end their pain and suffering.
3. How much is the journey to Kuwait?
(a) 7 dinars.
(b) 20 dinars.
(c) 3 dinars.
(d) 15 dinars.
4. In "If You Were a Horse," what illness does the father have?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) Brain tumor.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Measles.
5. What does the son do at the end of "If You Were a Horse"?
(a) Save his father.
(b) Flee the city, away from his father.
(c) Rush back to the hospital.
(d) Rush back home.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family move?
2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," when does the narrator return to the house?
3. In "If You Were a Horse," what does the echo of the footsteps of the son resemble?
4. How long does Abul Khaizarun promise the men that he'll leave them in the tank?
5. In "Men in the Sun," what kind of weather do the men encounter on the journey?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator's confusion about the father's money infer in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
2. What foreshadows the importance of the river in "Men in the Sun"?
3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," how does the army affect the father's mental state in two extremes?
4. What does Abul Khaizarun compare the road from Basra to Kuwait as, and why is this ironic?
5. Why is Abu Qais hopeless?
6. Why is Abul Khaizarun delayed when he passes through customs?
7. Why does the father resent Abu Muhammad?
8. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," why does the father come up with the murderous idea?
9. What does the son realize at the end of "If You Were a Horse"?
10. Who are the antagonists in "The Land of Sad Oranges," and why?
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