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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central concern? Question 2 of 6Why did the doctor close his clinic? Question 3 of 6What does the echo of the children's voices seeming bigger than them suggest? Question 4 of 6What does the domino image convey about the village's decline? Question 5 of 6Why does the author insist the essay isn't written out of nostalgia? Question 6 of 6What does the final sentence imply about state policy? Vocabularyصَدِئrusty
السَّبُّورَةblackboard
الِاسْتِرَاحَةrecess, break
صَدَىecho
لَحِقَتْ بِـfollowed, joined
إِيجَارrent
أَحْجَار الدُّومِينُوdominoes
الْمَصَاطِبstone benches
يُقْفِلُونَlock
حَنِينnostalgia
قَسْوَةharshness
مَصْلَحَةinterest, benefit