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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotions does Umm Saad feel when she asks her cousin the last question?
(a) Anger.
(b) Perplexity and torment.
(c) Love.
(d) Joy.

2. Why does Suhail put his arm in the grave instead of Nabil?
(a) He is stronger.
(b) He is mentally stronger.
(c) He is thinner.
(d) His arm is shorter.

3. What has Umm Saad's son done?
(a) He got fired.
(b) He got kicked out of school.
(c) He has joined the fedayeen.
(d) He got arrested.

4. Where did Umm Saad used to live?
(a) With the narrator's family.
(b) With her father.
(c) With a neighbor.
(d) In her own house.

5. What does Suhail suddenly do after he puts his arm in the grave?
(a) Cries.
(b) Chokes.
(c) Screams.
(d) Laughs.

6. What is the name of Jadaan's falcon?
(a) Nar.
(b) Ghazal.
(c) Mubarak.
(d) Abdallah.

7. Why does Umm Saad feel the way she does about her cousin's statement?
(a) She feels ashamed of her son.
(b) She feels free to do what she wants now.
(c) She feels a relief from the burden of motherhood.
(d) It saddens her to think mothers can be dispensed with so easily.

8. What does Nabil end up studying?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Biology.
(c) Law.
(d) Physics.

9. In "The Falcon," where are the guards from?
(a) The city.
(b) The desert.
(c) The US.
(d) The countryside.

10. What does the father respond to his daughter's offer in "A Hand in the Grave"?
(a) He would rather have something else.
(b) He does not like that book.
(c) That he does not want to be poisoned.
(d) He is not hungry.

11. What does the father note, concerning Nabil?
(a) That Nabil looks high on drugs.
(b) That Nabil looks refreshed.
(c) That Nabil looks disheveled.
(d) That Nabil looks tired.

12. Where does Umm Saad move to?
(a) The country.
(b) The city.
(c) Another country.
(d) The camps.

13. What kind of woman is Umm Saad?
(a) A weak woman.
(b) An angry woman.
(c) A strong woman.
(d) A controlling woman.

14. What are Jadaan and Mubarak's jobs?
(a) Engineers.
(b) Cashiers.
(c) Guards.
(d) Teachers.

15. Who was Jadaan in love with at one time?
(a) A brunette woman.
(b) His wife.
(c) A red-haired woman.
(d) A blonde woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Nabil wake up in "A Hand in the Grave"?

2. Who offers to do the task alone first in "A Hand in the Grave"?

3. How does Umm Saad feel at the end of the story?

4. Why does Nabil need to do the task he names to his father?

5. What does Umm Saad say the commander should do?

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