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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Land of the Sad Oranges.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mother tell the children to do when the father is set off in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) To help their father.
(b) To go get help.
(c) To go to their room.
(d) To run to the mountains.

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father send the children to do every morning?
(a) Do household chores.
(b) Buy food.
(c) Go to school.
(d) To climb the hills.

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

4. Why does the father want to do what he is thinking of doing in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) To end their pain and suffering.
(b) Because it is what all fathers do.
(c) To satiate his anger.
(d) Because he hates his family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Abu Qais' wife want him to call?

2. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what happens to the narrator and his family?

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

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what is the father's mood like immediately after the move?

5. When does the Arab army enter Palestine?

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