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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 "The Land of Sad Oranges," what happens to Acre?
(a) Arab guerillas take over.
(b) An earthquake hits it.
(c) Nothing happens to it.
(d) The Jews attack the town.

2. What does the proprietor insist to Assad about the smuggling?
(a) Assad must pay weeks in advance.
(b) Assad must find five other men to be smuggled.
(c) Assad must pay beforehand.
(d) Assad must pay afterward.

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

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

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what makes the narrator understand what the father wanted to do?
(a) A neighbor explains it to him.
(b) The father tells him.
(c) The mother tells him.
(d) Seeing the revolver on the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Assad stay in Basra?

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

3. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father send the children to do every morning?

4. How long does the family stay in the house in Sidon?

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," where do the men stop on the way out of the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Abul Khaizarun not married?

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

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

4. What did the orange represent in the beginning of "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

5. Why is Abu Qais hopeless?

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

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

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

9. Why does the father resent Abu Muhammad?

10. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," when a child requests something from his father, what happens?

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