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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 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 save someone close to the father.
(d) That the horse would kill the son.

2. What happens to Assad, Marwan, and Abu Qais at the end of "Men in the Sun"?
(a) They start a new life in Kuwait.
(b) They go back home.
(c) They die in the water tank.
(d) They are very seriously injured, but survive.

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

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

5. In "If You Were a Horse," what does this object that the son finds contain?
(a) His mother's diary.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Poems.
(d) Prices and pedigrees of horses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "If You Were a Horse," who killed the horse?

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

4. When the narrator runs to the mountains, what does he leave behind in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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," why does the father come up with the murderous idea?

4. What does the orange look like at the end of "The Land of Sad Oranges," and what does it represent at the end?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the father resent Abu Muhammad?

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

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