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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. 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 horses.
(d) He learns that his father hates children.

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

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what do the men do at the stop on the way out of the town?
(a) Buy more supplies.
(b) Find shelter.
(c) Buy more weapons.
(d) Relinquish their weapons.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Assad, Marwan, and Abu Qais at the end of "Men in the Sun"?

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where does the family stop on their way out?

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the narrator realize the father wants to do?

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," why does the father send the children to do a particular task every morning?

5. Who does Abul Khaizarun introduce himself to first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the son realize at the end of "If You Were a Horse"?

2. In "If You Were a Horse," why does the father refuse to allow his son to perform his surgery?

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

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

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

6. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," why does the father come up with the murderous idea?

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 is Abu Qais hopeless?

10. What is ironic about Abul Khaizarun confirming the bad reputation of smugglers?

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