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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. Why does the guide tell Assad he will not run away?
(a) Because he is his friend.
(b) Because he escorts 10 people.
(c) Because he has a legal business.
(d) Because he has a good reputation.

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

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

4. What did the father do about the advice on the horse?
(a) He followed some advice, but not all of it.
(b) He took their advice.
(c) He ignored it.
(d) He didn't understand the advice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What did Marwan's brother do after he married?

3. Who does Abul Khaizarun introduce himself to first?

4. Who suggests to Abu Qais that he move to Kuwait?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the conversation Abul Khaizarun has with a man in the customs office?

2. Why does the father resent Abu Muhammad?

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

4. In "If You Were a Horse," what does the black notebook reveal?

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

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

7. What foreshadows the deaths of Marwan, Abu Qais, and Assad?

8. Who are the antagonists in "The Land of Sad Oranges," and why?

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

10. What does Abul Khaizarun compare the road from Basra to Kuwait as, and why is this ironic?

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