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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. What does the son find in "If You Were a Horse"?
(a) A black leather notebook.
(b) A picture.
(c) An album.
(d) A letter.

2. How will Abul Khaizarun smuggle the men?
(a) In a wheelbarrow.
(b) In a large car.
(c) In a tractor bed.
(d) In the water tank.

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

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

5. Who does Abul Khaizarun introduce himself to first?
(a) Marwan.
(b) Abu Qais.
(c) Assad.
(d) Ustaz Selim.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "If You Were a Horse," where did the father move after his wife's death?

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?

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

4. Who procures shelter for the family in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator's confusion about the father's money infer in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

2. How is all the foreshadowing of death fulfilled in the end of "Men in the Sun"?

3. What does Abul Khaizarun compare the road from Basra to Kuwait as, and why is this ironic?

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

5. Why is the father so depressed in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

6. In "If You Were a Horse," why is the son's belief that his father hates him and horses ironic?

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

8. Why are the kids sent to the hills so often in "The Land of Sad Oranges"?

9. Why did Marwan's father leave Marwan's mother?

10. What foreshadows the importance of the river in "Men in the Sun"?

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