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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from Gaza.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the son do at the end of "If You Were a Horse"?
(a) Save his father.
(b) Flee the city, away from his father.
(c) Rush back to the hospital.
(d) Rush back home.

2. What does the narrator beg Mustafa to do?
(a) Take him to Kuwait.
(b) Stay away from Gaza.
(c) Return to Gaza.
(d) Take him to California.

3. What is Umm Saad resolved to do?
(a) Disown her son.
(b) Disown her other two kids.
(c) Support her son.
(d) Join the war effort.

4. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what happens to the narrator and his family?
(a) They flee in a hurry.
(b) They come to the United States.
(c) They remain in Acre.
(d) Members of the family are killed in the war.

5. What does Umm Saad tell her cousin to tell the commander?
(a) To let Saad come home.
(b) To take care of Saad.
(c) To be tough on Saad.
(d) To let Saad do what he wants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nabil say he woke up for?

2. In "The Falcon," where does the narrator work?

3. In "A Hand in the Grave," why does the father feel the way he does?

4. How long does Abul Khaizarun actually leave the men in the tank?

5. What happened to Abul Khaizarun during the war?

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