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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does Umm Saad visit someone after her move?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) Every Wednesday.
(c) Every Tuesday.
(d) Every Thursday.

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

3. Who does Umm Saad still visit after her move?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

4. What does Jadaan do to his wife?
(a) Divorces her.
(b) Spoils her.
(c) Loves her.
(d) Kills her.

5. What background are the guards of, in "The Falcon"?
(a) Of Bedouin background.
(b) High class background.
(c) City background.
(d) Average class background.

6. What does Mubarak ask Abdallah?
(a) To write a complaint for him.
(b) To hire his friend.
(c) To give him an advance.
(d) To give him a raise.

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

8. What does Umm Saad ask her cousin?
(a) Whether he would go retrieve her son.
(b) Whether she should ask the commander to keep an eye on Saad.
(c) Whether he would take care of her other kids.
(d) Whether she should move to the US.

9. When did Jadaan fall in love?
(a) When he was working as a guard.
(b) When he was in school.
(c) When he was hunting gazelles.
(d) When he was a child.

10. What does Umm Saad wonder about the commander?
(a) Whether he will be friends with Saad.
(b) Whether he will discharge Saad.
(c) Whether he will write to her.
(d) Whether he will give Saad a gun.

11. Why does Nabil need to do the task he names to his father?
(a) He is religious.
(b) He has a morbid personality.
(c) He knows that chores need to be done.
(d) He needs a skeleton for class.

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

13. What does Umm Saad tell her cousin to tell the commander?
(a) To take care of Saad.
(b) To be tough on Saad.
(c) To let Saad come home.
(d) To let Saad do what he wants.

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

15. How is Suhail injured?
(a) He loses his hand.
(b) He is bruised.
(c) He cuts his hand.
(d) He is blinded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jadaan's falcon?

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

3. What happens to the falcon after a week?

4. What does Suhail suddenly do after he puts his arm in the grave?

5. In "The Falcon," who does not bother remembering the engineers' names?

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