12. All of the following quotes from "The Swimming Contest" are intended to foreshadow the future conflict between the narrator
and Abdul-Karim except a. "But it's not true that we're driving the Arabs out. We are out for peace, not war."
b. "Abdul-Karim is studying at the College of the Mufti,"
Nahida's father told us. "And he's in constant fear of your Haganah
c. "Ahlan usahlan!" Abdul-Karim agreed. "Tomorrow morning, then. Now let's get back to the house and listen to some songs. We have a gramophone."
d. "If he ever manages to beat me here in the pool." Abdul-Karim said, "it will be very bad indeed. It will be bad for you too, Nahida. Bad for all of us."
Anne politely asks Mr. Dussel if she can use the table in their bedroom to study two afternoons a week. Dussel refuses, claiming that his work is more important than Anne's. Seething, Anne asks her father for advice, and after he intervenes, Dussel gives in.
