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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marwan's brother do after he married?
(a) He lived with his brother.
(b) He sent more money.
(c) He stopped sending money.
(d) He moved back to his family.

2. In "If You Were a Horse," why does the son abandon his thoughts about his father?
(a) He learns that his father wished he had a daughter.
(b) He learns that his father hates children.
(c) He learns his father used to love horses.
(d) He learns that his father hates horses.

3. In "If You Were a Horse," why does the father tell his son he wishes he were a horse?
(a) So he could put a bullet in his brain.
(b) Because he hates horses.
(c) Because he loves horses.
(d) Because he could set him free.

4. In "If You Were a Horse," where does the son find this object?
(a) In a drawer.
(b) In the mailbox.
(c) In a closet.
(d) In his dad's bag.

5. In "If You Were a Horse," what did the horse do?
(a) Saved the father's wife from drowning.
(b) Injured the father irreparably.
(c) Saved the son from drowning.
(d) Killed the father's wife savagely.

6. Who suggests to Abu Qais that he move to Kuwait?
(a) Assad.
(b) Ustaz Selim.
(c) Marwan.
(d) Saad.

7. Who does Abu Qais' wife want him to call?
(a) Assad.
(b) Abul Khaizarun.
(c) Ustaz Selim.
(d) Umm Umar.

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

9. What rivers does Abu Qais recall his teacher talking about?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Tigris and Nile.
(c) Tigris and Euphrates.
(d) Nile and Euphrates.

10. How much does Marwan have to pay to go to Kuwait, according to Abul Khaizarun's price?
(a) Five dinars.
(b) Ten dinars.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Fifteen dinars.

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

12. When the narrator runs to the mountains, what does he leave behind in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His toys.
(c) His family.
(d) His childhood.

13. In "If You Were a Horse," what did the father do following his wife's death?
(a) He bought more horses.
(b) He traded Barq.
(c) He sold his horses.
(d) He gave his son up for adoption.

14. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father do immediately after he declares what he wants to do?
(a) He falls silent and lies on the floor, weeping.
(b) He has a heart attack and dies.
(c) He runs out of the house.
(d) He kills his family.

15. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," what does the father do for the soldiers?
(a) He opposes them.
(b) He throws cigarettes to them.
(c) He ignores their presence.
(d) He chides them for being useless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the damp earth smell like to Abu Qais?

2. In "Men in the Sun," what kind of weather do the men encounter on the journey?

3. In "If You Were a Horse," what illness does the father have?

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

5. In "The Land of Sad Oranges," who owns the house that the family sleeps in?

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