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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 happens to the falcon after a week?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He eats again.
(d) He flies away forever.

2. When the son in "If You Were a Horse" asks his father why he says the statement about a horse to him, what does the father reply?
(a) Sometimes it is necessary to have a new hobby.
(b) Sometimes it is necessary to set a horse free.
(c) Sometimes it is necessary to trade horses.
(d) Sometimes it is necessary to kill a horse.

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

4. What does the mother hand the father in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) A tissue.
(b) An apple.
(c) An orange.
(d) A map.

5. In "If You Were a Horse," what does the echo of the footsteps of the son resemble?
(a) His father's footsteps.
(b) A galloping horse.
(c) His mother's footsteps.
(d) Abu Ibrahim's footsteps.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," when does the narrator return to the house?

2. Who does Abul Khaizarun introduce himself to first?

3. What does the falcon find?

4. When does the narrator make a vow with his friend in "Letter from Gaza"?

5. How will Abul Khaizarun smuggle the men?

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